Say What You Mean..and Mean What You Say!

I remember one of my all time favorite episodes from The Cosby Show, was on how to be clear of your intentions when speaking with others. Because Theo had not been honest with Cockroach about his feelings when asked. He lost out on what he really wanted.

A few weeks prior to my first Mother's Day as a daughter-in-law, I asked my mother what she wanted. Her response was "unless you got a spare million dollars, then I don't want anything".
What a relief!!! You see my mothers birth date is May 5th, my mother-in-laws was May 7th, my anniversary was May 12th. And to top it off, I had just given birth on April 26th. So, needless to say, I wasn't about to ask her "are you sure"?, when the opportunity was given to save a few dollars, I took it and ran. So on her birthday as well as my mother-in-laws, I gave them both presents. Then on Mothers Day I gave my mother-in-law a present and some flowers, and because I didn't have a million dollars I didn't get my mother anything just as she requested. Woo, woo, woo...have you ever been cussed out every which way by a Christian before? After she ranted about how much of an ungrateful daughter I was, she took a breath asked Jesus for strength and then started on who was the better grand-mother. Well, I learned my lesson. Never listen to your mother. Today as she opened her Mother's Day present and exclaimed "oh' Michelle, you didn't have to get me anything". I just laughed to myself and thought "yeah right!". I wish I was bold enough to give her the Claire Huxtable speech about "saying what you mean, when you say what you say".
I hope y'all had a wonderful Mother's Day and got what you said you really wanted....