Little Rascals

My Cat at my garden Stone with the enclosed poem
@Inlemay (17713)
South Africa
January 16, 2016 11:24pm CST
Being a mother is part of a leading role: teaching 'do as I say and not as I do' This statement is all tongue in cheek: Yesterday My Bowling Team played our first League Matche (4 games) vs our own Club Ladies 1st Division (2) team . . . My youngest daughter "M" is one of the strong players in that team and my eldest daughter 'I' was brought in at the last minutes as the reserve due to one of the fellow bowlers falling ill. So it was pretty much a MOM versus Girls yesterday and what a struggle it was for me to get over that mindset. How do you beat the children? Do mothers do that? Well it seems I didn't have to - the little Rascals Beat my team fair and square - leaving me with a sorry face of 'mommy remorse' and my hubby feeling very proud of half the families winning efforts in the League Matches. He is so bias!! Next week we all play out of town opponents - that will be another story - I am sure that some where along the grapevine you will hear the results. Sunday is here, blessed rain has fallen and the farmers in our region are well on their way with seedlings already 6cm high. Sunflowers and Mielies. Have a great day. "The kiss of the sun for pardon, The song of the birds for mirth, One is nearer God's Heart in a garden Than anywhere else on Earth." Dorothy Frances Gurney
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
17 Jan 16
well letting kids win all of the time doesn't teach them a good balance of how the world works, I suppose. I am sure when I was much younger dad let me win, but I remember losing some too. As I got older I had to work harder to win, felt like I earned it.
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@Inlemay (17713)
• South Africa
18 Jan 16
Oh I never let them win - they totally beat me fair and square
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• Centralia, Missouri
19 Jan 16
@Inlemay lol! gram used to beat the pants off me in cards, she is super sneaky and looks all innocent, but I manage to do that with dad now, heheh
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@Inlemay (17713)
• South Africa
19 Jan 16
@Jessicalynnt I am going to just put my mind to beating them next round.
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@ison_1 (1240)
18 Jan 16
You are too kind. you should have destroyed them, ground them into the dust and then trampled all over them. Family sentiment has no place in sport!!!!
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@Inlemay (17713)
• South Africa
18 Jan 16
So I am told - however I am a graceful mother and a Good Second Placer.
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@JudyEv (340216)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Jan 16
Pity about the bowls results - in a way :) I love the garden quote. My Mum loved her garden and knew this off by heart.
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@Inlemay (17713)
• South Africa
18 Jan 16
I love my garden as well - outdoors is where I like to be all the time
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@paigea (36317)
• Canada
18 Jan 16
You taught them so well, they surpassed you. Well maybe only this once
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@Inlemay (17713)
• South Africa
18 Jan 16
it seems i have