Mom Says It Best: ‘Honey, I Think You’ll Change Your Mind’

ACROSS AMERICA — Diane DiDonato’s third-grade self was full of confidence about the number of children she would have — and with whom.

She had 13 boyfriends, she told her mom. And she was going to have a baby with every single one of them.

What?

Her mom didn’t flinch, the California woman and Altadena Patch reader wrote in a Mother's Day tribute.

“My Mom got down on my level and calmly looked me in the eyes and said, “Honey, I think you’ll change your mind.’ ”

DiDonato is among Patch readers sharing the best advice they ever got from their moms in our extended celebration of Mother’s Day. Come back to Across America Patch every day for more of these morsels of wisdom we can relate to and smile about as we think of our own moms.

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