http://creeva.com/2008/05/01/my-mother-must-have-failed-not-only-genetics-101-but-also-biology-101/ My life unfolding and being told online - 1 byte of information at a time. Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://creeva.com/2008/05/01/my-mother-must-have-failed-not-only-genetics-101-but-also-biology-101/comment-page-1/#comment-18351 A Month With Mom – Part 7 – Respect Is A Two Way Street – Creeva's World 2.0 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:14:19 +0000 http://creeva.com/?p=2765#comment-18351 [...] My grandfather taught me a thing or two about respect.  I’m not going to say we see eye to eye, but I did manage to learn a few things.   The largest being that you earn respect.   My father taught me that you have to deal with the consequences of your actions.  My mother never learned either of those two lessons.   Somehow because she had the biological ability of having children that it meant that her children would have to respect her.   I however never had such a notion.  I also have never claimed that my mother was the sharpest tack in the pile. [...] [...] My grandfather taught me a thing or two about respect.  I’m not going to say we see eye to eye, but I did manage to learn a few things.   The largest being that you earn respect.   My father taught me that you have to deal with the consequences of your actions.  My mother never learned either of those two lessons.   Somehow because she had the biological ability of having children that it meant that her children would have to respect her.   I however never had such a notion.  I also have never claimed that my mother was the sharpest tack in the pile. [...]

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