"True wealth is what you are, not what you have." From "I love you, Mom"

 This whole blog thing started because my daughter asked me about a book I found and left out on the counter. When I left for college, my mother gave me one of those small books called "I love you, Mom". It was filled with quotes and sayings that the authors mom put in letters and lunch boxes. My mom signed the bottoms of the ones in the book that she wanted me to really head. Our daughter asked me about the book and I told her about receiving it the weekend before I left for college. She began to read it and promptly requested that I start putting notes in her lunch box like the ones in the book. I quickly exhausted the "second grade" relevant sayings and started writing my favorite quotes on papers that would accompany lunch.
 After a week went by, our daughters teacher sent an email asking if the quotes could be shared with the class. They were being shared with her at lunch and she felt that the quotes would be beneficial to the whole class. The quotes were motivating her days and she wanted the same thing for the class. The daily quotes became a huge success as the children shared them with me at the end of the day.
 A few days ago our daughter was looking for wax for her braces and pulled out her lunch box for the backup stash. As she opened the side pocket a million little papers fell out. When I asked her what they were she replied "The quotes you wrote for me". There in front of me were eight months of small papers of wisdom and a testimony to the importance of sharing what we know. She wouldn't throw them away, they were important for her to keep them this long.
 I began to read. In the crumpled papers were some beautiful pearls of wisdom that I had forgotten were shared. In the pile of scraps were quotes that I needed to read and remember.
 This is the premise that Notes to Grow was started on; with a wise word and a motivating thought, we can make it through anything. Whether that be lunch in second grade or major life changes in your almost 40's.
 Here are a few of the scraps that need to be shared:

"It's easy to walk when the road is flat. God gives us mountains so we learn how to climb."

"He who goes out of his house in search of happiness runs after a shadow."

"You are smarter than you think, stronger than you feel and braver than you believe."

"We know it matters not what we have been but this and always this - what we shall be."