#richelle

I love the magic of a hot bath; how time pauses and every grievance melts away. ↗

#grievance #relaxation #richelle #richelle-goodrich #time

It was God who gave a man's rib to a woman. But it is man who must learn to give away his heart and never take it back. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#commitment #god #love #relationships #richelle

Our greatest duty to our children is to love them first. Secondly, it is to teach them. Not to frighten, force, or intimidate our children into submission, but to effectively teach them so that they have the knowledge and tools to govern themselves. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#love #parenting #richelle #richelle-goodrich #self-government

Optimism: That effervescent, blindingly- bright, perky, chipper, twittering quality you want to squash out of annoying people. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#cheerfulness #humor #merriment #optimism #pleasantness

If you'd just learn to do as I say from the beginning, I wouldn't have to follow up your errors with reproving smirks and repeated 'I told you so's. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#listening #richelle #richelle-goodrich #humor

We grow up opposing our parents only to become like them enough to oppose our children who behave as we once did—a reminder of how dreadful we were toward those now vindicated grandparents. And you thought God had no sense of humor. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#god #karma #learning #parenthood #parents

How does knowing 'things could be worse' than what I already deem is awful make me feel any better? You mean I could sink even lower? Oh joy! ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#pessimism #richelle #richelle-goodrich #sarcasm #sarcasm-humor

A session of boasting won't attract any real friends. It will set you up on a pedestal, however, making you a clearer target. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#bragging #conceit #gossip #haughty #pride

Are you what others say and think you are? Or are you who you are regardless of what others say and think? ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#identity #richelle #richelle-goodrich #self-esteem #self-worth

I’d seen weirder things than a haunted shoe, but not many. ↗