Rachel Abrams

I'm in Central Texas.

I got a great story for you, okay?

I was stopped by the folks' house, and I was pulling into the garage, and as I pulled in, I noticed Mom had a half bottle of Windex

in one hand and a cleaning rag in the other.

And as she was stepping back, she was looking back at whatever she had been Windexing.

And as I got out of my car, I said, Ma, what you doing?

And she says, I just finished Windexing the water heater.

And I mean, my eyes rolled back in my head.

So I said, Ma, honey, it's time for you to get a hobby.

And she just kept grinning and beaming and staring at that water heater.

And she says, I love the smell of Windex in the morning.

It smells like victory.

Hi, my name is Giselle Gauguin, and I live in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.

My mother, Gail, has a favorite expression, and it is,

Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.

You know, that situation at work that you can't control, that you're convinced is going to end badly, it probably won't.

And if it does, it's probably not going to be as bad as you think, because there's many a slip between the cup and the lip.

Hi, my name is Janine, and I'm from Philadelphia.

When I was going through my teenage years, my mom would say the same thing to me every time I was heading out the door to meet up with friends.

Without fail, she would say, no sex, no drugs, only rock and roll.