I’m seeing a lot of blog hops recommending wonderful crafty books. I’d like to do something a little different and recommend an advice book, or should I say – helpful hints.
Jodi is a dear friend of mine, I’m not going to gush and tell you about this amazing book ‘I’ve discovered’.
As someone who prides herself on being very creative with the work of my hands, I am in awe of people who have a way with words. This little gem of a book is perfect example. Miss Manners is stale and old fashioned, Dear Prudence is just too edgy and hip.
Auntie Jodi gets it right, yes you will be laughing at many of the situations she describes, but pay attention, good advice is being offered. Humor is the best tool for learning.
Here are just two examples, now go get the book!
If an over-solicitous kumbaya type shares that you seem “angry,” simply laugh and tell the poor soul “it’s called ‘having an opinion.’
Don’t be one of those who proclaim that “I’m not into funerals.” Few really are, unless you are a member of the walking dead. That, darling, is not what funerals are about. We go to funerals for all sorts of reasons: because we loved someone or because they meant something to us, or, as they say, “to pay our respects.” Remember—if you cannot grant respect, you certainly won’t command it.
Leah