Mother Knows Best: 16 Wisest Pieces of Advice We Ever Got from Mom

Just like the oxygen mask on an airplane…

“Always feed yourself first, so you have the strength to feed your children.” —Esther’s bubbe. “My grandmother passed this on to my mom, who passed it onto me. It is a translation from Yiddish: Shtendik kormen zikh ershter azoy ir hobn di shtarkayt tsu kormen eyer kinder.” –Esther Gurien Krutzel, Brooklyn, New York