1. To save all my receipts from everything
2. To stand up straight and hold my shoulders back
3. How to pluck my eyebrows so that they don’t run together above my nose
4. How to roll a pot of stuffed grape leaves in less than an hour
5. How to iron parts of a shirt in the correct order
6. How to cook without a recipe
7. To love my siblings but never go into business with them
8. To sing Broadway show tunes while cooking
9. That peanut butter on anything is a perfectly acceptable meal
10. To not say bad words (unless you say them in Arabic)
11. How to entertain friends, strangers and angels and make them all feel welcome in your home
12. How to cook for 20 people when only 6 are coming for dinner
13. How to embrace the feminine in the midst of a male dominated household
14. That food is love
15. That I am as Catholic as I am Lebanese
16. To wake up in the morning with a good attitude and smell the coffee no matter how bad the previous day was
17. How to boss someone around the kitchen (♥ Breezy)
18. To pray the rosary when I cannot sleep
19. How to raise sons to be strong, compassionate and loving men
20. How to stretch one pound of meat to feed eight people
21. To sleep in the bed I made for myself (You’ve made your bed, now lie in it!)
22. How to wrap my babies tightly, hold them closely, and sing to them sweetly
23. How to trust God’s plan even in the most desperate situations
24. That love is stronger than death
My relationship with my mother was complicated until I had my first born son. After which I realized the most important thing she taught me. A lesson to last a lifetime.
25. How to be a mother
