My mom's disciplinary mantra was "You're the captain of your own ship." This later worked against her, as you can imagine, but I'd like to say THANK YOU to my mom today. For recognizing what type of fertilizer I needed to grow. I love you.
For all nerds with children, and mother's of nerds -- today's biology lesson is for you:
I wrote this for our local newspaper almost 30 years ago:
What would you write for your mom and what was her mantra (and did it stick)?