"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."
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"Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend."
-Albert Camus

She too, was at the administrators' workshop you spoke at and loved your presentation.

When I returned, Irene left a message that she received your book and thanked me. She is one of those people trained in doing healing touch, a lovely retired RN. She plans to read it tonight! Thanks for mailing it so quickly!

You can't imagine how you have affected my life. I keep rereading post-it marked pages. You are an angel to many of us, Beth! Thanks!!!! Judy Parker, Hawaii

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No, Mothers day wasn't invented by a card and flower company. It actually has been celebrated for thousands of years. First, by the Greeks to celebrate the Mother of the gods, Rhea. Then in England as a way for castle servants to spend time with their mothers. It soon became a celebration of the Mother church, as a way to honor mothers and protect everyone from harm.

In the US, the woman who wrote the words to the Battle hymn of the Republic, Julia Ward Howe, first suggested Mothers Day in 1872 as a day dedicated to peace. Ms. Howe held organized Mother's Day meetings in Boston, Mass ever year.

In 1907 Ana Jarvis, from Philadelphia, began a campaign to establish a national Mother's Day. Ms. Jarvis persuaded her mother's church in West Virginia to celebrate Mother's Day on the anniversary of her mother's death, the 2nd Sunday of May. By the next year Mother's Day was also celebrated in Philadelphia.

Ms. Jarvis and her supporters wrote to ministers, businessman, and politicians to establish a national Mother's Day. By 1911 Mother's Day was celebrated in almost every state. In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson made it official: proclaiming Mother's Day a national holiday to be held annually on the 2nd Sunday of May.

Happy Mothers' Day to everyone who has given birth, raised a child, lent a helping hand to children and been the mom, grandma, stepmom, aunty, teacher, mentor or guide. We all appreciate you and everything you do!

The American Dairy Association was so successful with its "Got Milk?" campaign, that it was decided to extend the ads to Mexico. Unfortunately, the Spanish translation was "Are you lactating?"

Electrolux, a Scandinavian vacuum manufacturer, used this ad in the U.S.: "Nothing sucks like an Electrolux."

When Braniff translated a slogan touting its upholstery, "Fly in leather," it came out in Spanish as "Fly naked."

Bacardi concocted a fruity drink with the name "Pavian" to suggest French chic...but "pavian" means "baboon" in German.

When Kentucky Fried Chicken entered the Chinese market, to their horror they discovered that their slogan "finger lickin' good" came out as "the chicken that will eat your fingers off"

When Pepsi started marketing its products in China a few years back, they translated their slogan, "Pepsi Brings You Back to Life" pretty literally. The slogan in Chinese really meant, "Pepsi Brings Your Ancestors Back from the Grave."

Chinese translation proved difficult for Coke, which took two tries to get it right. They first tried Ke-kou-ke-la because when pronounced it sounded roughly like Coca-Cola. It wasn't until after thousands of signs had been printed that they discovered that the phrase means "bite the wax tadpole" or "female horse stuffed with wax," depending on the dialect. Second time around things worked out much better. After researching 40,000 Chinese characters, Coke came up with "ko-kou-ko-le" which translates roughly to the much more appropriate "happiness in the mouth."

When Gerber first started selling baby food in Africa, they used the same packaging as here in the USA - with the cute baby on the label. Later they found out that in Africa companies routinely put pictures on the label of what's inside since most people can't read.