Message-ID: <22240569.1075855516923.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 01:37:00 -0700 (PDT) From: judy.hernandez@enron.com To: jennifer.cutaia@enron.com, suhernan@llgm.com, dora_thurmomnd@uniteddc.com Subject: Fwd: [Fwd: Mean Momsannefanny] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Judy Hernandez X-To: Jennifer.cutaia@enron.com, suhernan@llgm.com, Dora_thurmomnd@uniteddc.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Juan_Hernandez_Dec2000\Notes Folders\All documents X-Origin: Hernandez-J X-FileName: jhernan.nsf ---------------------- Forwarded by Judy Hernandez/HOU/ECT on 10/17/2000 08:35 AM --------------------------- Angela Barnett on 10/16/2000 10:13:38 PM To: lsharis@msn.com, kttn0965@aol.com, Topey0661@aol.com, kkjohnson@velocityexp.com, lpepple@patriothomes.com, Mok66@aol.com, judy.hernandez@enron.com, nikki.johnson@aol.com cc: Subject: Fwd: [Fwd: Mean Momsannefanny] --- Deb Pepple wrote: > Date: 16 Oct 00 16:40:31 PDT > From: Deb Pepple > To: Angie Barnett , Pam Buesking > , > Carol Denton , Karla > Funnell , > Donna Hixon , > Laurie Pepple , Debbie > Perry , > Kim Rathka , Traci Rininger > , > Jan Secor , > Marcia Tuskey , > , > , > > Subject: Fwd: [Fwd: Mean Momsannefanny] > > > > ____________________________________________________________________ > Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account > today at http://home.netscape.com/webmail > > ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 name=Forwarded Message > From: "Laurie Lauer" > Subject: Fwd: Mean Momsannefanny > Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 22:31:50 EST > > Many of you have seen this before- but I just LOVE > it - It is hard being a > mean MOM!!! Laurie > > > >From: JBD3@webtv.net (JENNIFER STICKLER) > >To: DSTICKLER3@AOL.COM, THI6771985@AOL.COM, > DMCMILLE@IUSB.EDU, > >JAKENLANEYSMOM@HOTMAIL.COM, GLORRIE2@MSN.COM, > PBOEPPLE@AOL.COM > >Subject: Fwd: Mean Momsannefanny > >Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 14:19:34 -0400 (EDT) > > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at > http://www.hotmail.com. > > Share information about yourself, create your own > public profile at > http://profiles.msn.com. > > ATTACHMENT part 2.2 message/rfc822 > From: Annefanny1@aol.com > Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 20:40:43 EDT > Subject: Fwd: Mean Momsannefanny > To: JBD3@webtv.net > > > > ATTACHMENT part 2.2.2 message/rfc822 > From: "Lisiewski, Joyce (x220)" > > To: "Witriol, Phyllis (x227)" > , > "Roth, Lacey J. (x325)" > , > "Miller, Sylvia (x210)" > , > "'Ann Lewis'" , > "'Brett'" > , > "'Chris Fallon'" > , > "'dirtclay22_2000@yahoo.com'" > , > "'Elena Rosin'" > , > "'Michele Winter'" > , > "'Monika Flom'" , > "'Pam Oakes'" , > "'PHDWILDCAT@aol.com'" , > "'Wilkins, Adrienne L (CLEVELAND CL 646)'" > > Subject: Mean Moms > Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 10:17:22 -0400 > > > > Mean Moms > > I loved you enough . . . . > > > > Someday when my children are old enough to > understand the logic that > > motivates a parent, I will tell them: > > > > I loved you enough . . . to ask where you were > going, with whom, and what > > time you would be home. > > > > I loved you enough . . . to insist that you save > your money and buy a bike > > for yourself even though we could afford to buy > one for you. > > > > I loved you enough . . . to be silent and let you > discover that your new > > best friend was a creep. > > > > I loved you enough . . . to make you go pay for > the bubble gum you had > > taken and tell the clerk, "I stole this yesterday > and want to pay for it." > > > > I loved you enough . . . to stand over you for two > hours while you > > cleaned your room, a job that should have taken 15 > minutes. > > > > I loved you enough . . . to let you see anger, > disappointment, and tears > > in my eyes. > > > > Children must learn that their parents aren't > perfect. > > > > I loved you enough . . . to let you assume the > responsibility for your > > actions even when the penalties were so harsh they > almost broke my heart. > > > > But most of all, I loved you enough . . . to say > NO when I knew you would > > hate me for it. > > > > Those were the most difficult battles of all. I'm > glad I 'won' them, > > because in the end you won, too. > > > > And someday when your children are old enough to > understand the logic that > > motivates parents, you will tell them . . . . > > > > Was your Mom mean? I know mine was. > > > > We had the meanest mother in the whole world! > > > > While other kids ate candy for breakfast, we had > to have cereal, eggs, > > and toast. > > > > When others had a Pepsi and a Twinkie for lunch, > we had to eat > > sandwiches. > > > > And you can guess our mother fixed us a dinner > that was different from > > what other kids had, too. > > > > Mother insisted on knowing where we were at all > times. You'd think we > were > > convicts in a prison. > > > > She had to know who our friends were, and what we > were doing with them. > > > > She insisted that if we said we would be gone for > an hour, we would be > gone > > for an hour or less. > > > > We were ashamed to admit it, but she had the nerve > to break the Child > Labor > > Laws by making us work. > > > > We had to wash the dishes, make the beds, learn to > cook, vacuum the > > floor, do laundry, empty the trash and all sorts > of cruel jobs. > > > > I think she would lie awake at night thinking of > more things for us to > > do. > > > > She always insisted on us telling the truth, the > whole truth, and nothing > > but the truth. > > > > By the time we were teenagers, she could read our > minds. Then, life was > > really tough! > > > > Mother wouldn't let our friends just honk the horn > when they drove up. > > They had to come up to the door so she could meet > them. While everyone > > else > > could date when they were 12 or 13, we had to wait > until we were 16. > > > > Because of our mother we missed out on lots of > things other kids > > experienced. None of us have ever been caught > shoplifting, vandalizing > > other's property or ever arrested for any crime. > It was all her fault. > > > > Now that we have left home, we are all educated, > honest adults. > > We are doing our best to be mean parents just like > Mom was. > > > > I think that is what's wrong with the world today. > > > > It just doesn't have enough mean moms. >