Things I’ve learned from my Grandma

• The best way to welcome a visitor in your home is to ask if they’re hungry.
• If you don’t have seconds and sometimes thirds that means you didn’t like the food.
• Steal the cooked meatballs from the bottom of the bowl; they’re cooler.
• Mix the meatball mixture a long time or your meatballs will taste like Aunt June’s.
• When you’re “spinning” cavetelli, you are allowed to curse if you screw up.
• A cup of bread crumbs on a recipe is actually more like two or three cups when executed.
• It is best to give bad news after dinner. People are in a better mood.
• Stick a pen in a dying plant. It will revive them.
• Eat raisins when you are pregnant.
• A little whiskey on a teething child’s gums won’t hurt them.
• Secretly giving a child a small amount of money makes them feel special.
• When you cook something kids might turn their noses up at, tell them it's chicken.
• Providing cookies and an ear to listen will make a teenager think you are a saint.
• There is absolutely nothing wrong with cheating at cards as long as you don’t get caught.
• When you don’t know what else to do, saying, “everything will be okay honey. You’ll see” is a great option.
• Putting together a care package to send someone off makes saying good bye much easier.
• Hugs and kisses cost nothing but are absolutely priceless.
• Harboring grudges, keeping score and not talking to someone only hurts you in the long run.
• Broken hearts will mend – it just takes time and faith in God’s love.
• You don’t have to get married if you don’t want to.
• Nothing is more important than family.
• Love, True love is unconditional and eternal.