One thing about whoring: It put a chicken on the table.

Mom could say that in hindsight, but it seemed to me that when you were in the middle of something, it was awful hard to figure out what part of it was God's will and what wasn't.

Mom also hinted a couple of times that it was good I was going to college, since with one failed marriage behind me, I 'd have trouble landing a good husband and would need something to fall back on. "A package that's been opened once doesn't have the same appeal".

You're in a horse race but you're thinking like a sheep. Sheep don't win horse races.

No child is born a delinquent. They only became that way if nobody loved them when they were kids. Unloved children grow up to be serial murderers or alcoholics.

Fussing over children who cry only encourages them. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.

Horses are a mirror of who you are. They're emotionally dependent on you.