Category: What Mama said…

“Count your blessings.” Mama didn’t need to add much explanation to that one. The meaning was...

“When the going gets tough, the tough get going” sounds like one of those sayings meant for a...

Not long ago, while writing about “Many hands make light work,” I mentioned another familiar piece...

Mama had plenty to say about promises, but she cared more about what happened after the promise...

Mama had plenty of sayings that made little sense to me when I was young. I understood the words,...

Mama had a saying for those moments when things were about to get interesting — and not...

I heard a phrase leaving church recently that I hadn’t heard in a while. As we were saying our...

Mama had a saying for just about everything, but one I heard more often than I’d like to admit...

Mama didn’t quote Scripture every day, but every now and then she’d look around at whatever...

Growing up, there were a few rules in our house that simply weren’t open for discussion. One of...

There were certain expressions Mama didn’t have to explain. We knew exactly what she meant. One of...