Letter from a Mum to grown up child leaving home

Too much coffee keeps you up at night
 It always pays to be polite
 A nice walk will cure most ills
 More than wine or pills
  
 A picture’s a good way to cover a crack
 Smoking doesn’t ‘help you relax’
 You can clean round taps with an old toothbrush
 Take your time – don’t rush
  
 Go to the seaside as often as you can
 Take off your shoes and walk on the sand
 Clean your teeth, eat your greens
 Share – don’t be mean
  
 Beer doesn’t make you more attractive or bright
 Shouting the loudest doesn’t make you right
 When you’re feeling tired and crap
 Stop and have a nap
  
 Always return what you borrow
 Live in today, not tomorrow
 Don’t aquire too much stuff
 Know when you’ve had enough
  
 Don’t dwell on those who went away
 Appreciate the ones that stayed
 Lie on the grass, look at the moon
 But don’t go camping before June
  
 Don’t let your paperwork get in a muddle
 Don’t have sex if you just want a cuddle
 Weed just makes you sick and dizzy
 Don’t  always be busy
  
 Embrace yourself with all your flaws
 Let go of what isn’t yours
 Forgive when friends seem cruel or fake
 We all make mistakes
  
 Fancy yourself – dance and sing
 Look for the good in everything
 Keep the truth inside of you
 When honest tongues are few
  
 Trust your instincts – you are wise
 Know when it’s time to say goodbye
 Don’t judge people by how they look
 Let yourself off the hook
  
 Look around you wherever you go
 Never say yes when you want to say no
 Don’t take your phone to bed
 Learn how to clear your head
  
 Write poems, sing songs
 Nothing that you feel is ‘wrong’
 Shopping on Sundays is always a bugger
 Remember to ring your Mother xx