Coffee with Anne

By Anne Brentar

Looking for some positive energy and inspiration each morning? Everyone loves to be inspired, right? Annes enthusiasm is contagious. Your library will be incomplete without this book! Read one passage each day and and you will find yourself pumped up and ready for a great day! So good you may find yourself peeking ahead to see whats coming tomorrow, but dont do it. It will be worth the wait! Even Erma Bombeck would have enjoyed Annes take on life!

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: May 9, 2008
• ISBN: 9781462832835

Anne Brentar

Anne Brentar was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She is the mother of three teenage daughters and a husband (yes, she sometimes feels like his mother, too). They moved west to Michigan several years’ ago. Anne has always enjoyed writing, but has spent most of her life in the customer service industry. She is a great problem-solver and has the ability to see the positive in almost every situation (maybe it’s the rose-colored glasses). She enjoys teaching and is a perennial student. Her writing is about life—she’ll make you laugh; she’ll make you cry; she’ll make you smile; she’ll show you how to live. She endeavors to inspire everyone she meets to be the very best that they can be. Emails welcome at [e-mail]. For updates, please visit Anne Brentar’s Morning Email at http://[e-mail]/

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Contents

JUST REMEMBER!

MOTHER’S DAY!

GO AHEAD—MAKE MY DAY!

I CAN’T HEAR YOU!

HATE IS A FOUR-LETTER WORD!

ANNE CURES THE COMMON COLD!

GET BACK UP!

THAT BUGS ME!!!

YOU ARE THE TOOTH FAIRY!

GO AHEAD AND LAUGH!

WAKE UP!!!

WEALTHY OR RICH???

WILD THING!

WHAT WAS I THINKING?

EXPECT THE BEST!

SOCK IT TO ME!

OATMEAL AND APPLESAUCE!

HANG ON!

YOU NEED TO GET OUT MORE OFTEN!

THE PRINCIPAL IS YOUR PAL!

GENTLE AS A LAMB!

I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND!

BREAK A LEG!

BONNIE MEETS NURSE RATCHET!

A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS!

SEEING RED!

THIS IS WAR!

NO JUMPING . . .

YOU LOOKIN’ AT ME?

WILL YOU EVER LEARN?

AGGHH! A SPIDER!

IS IT ONLY FURNITURE?

WAIT A MINUTE!

DOGGONE HAPPY!

CAN YOU BE TOO OPTIMISTIC?

DARE TO BE BIG!

SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN!

NO YELLING WHEN YOU’RE IN MY CAR!

CELEBRATE!

I NEED YOUR HELP!

THE ANSWER CAN BE YOURS!

EVER GET THE WIND KNOCKED OUT OF YOU?

FUNG SHUI COMES HOME!

TAKE THAT CALL!

WHERE IS THE CAN OPENER?

LOCATION! LOCATION! LOCATION!

DO-RE-ME-FA-SO-LA-TI-DO!

Y DID THEY HAVE TO SHUTDOWN?

EASY DOES IT!

SOME THINGS TRULY ARE PRICELESS!

MAYBE I’LL DO BETTER NEXT YEAR!

YOU ARE WELCOME!

WHAT WILL YOU BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?

BREATHE AND PUSH! WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOUR FLIGHT LEAVES IN AN HOUR?

NOW THAT BUGS ME!

GET THE POINT!

BE SURE TO KEEP ALL YOUR DUCKS IN A ROW!

SOMETHING NEW!

REMEMBER BARNEY, THE PURPLE DINOSAUR?

SHOWERS . . . OR SUNSHINE?

A FEATHER IN YOUR CAP!

LOSE WEIGHT QUICK!

AND A CHILD WILL LEAD THEM!

AN INTERESTING WAY TO MAKE A SANDWICH!

FANCY FOOTWORK AND A BIT OF SOLE!

DO YOU LIKE PRETZELS?

LOOK INTO MY EYES!

VALIUM, PLEASE!

I’M CUTE, TOO!

WHAT’S ON MY LIST ANYWAY?

ANNE MEETS THE FBI!

ASK ME THE QUESTION!

PAINFUL TO BE BEAUTIFUL . . . OR FUNNY?

DON’T USE THAT S WORD?

SLIP-SLIDING AWAY!

STAND BY ME!

SUPERDAD!

YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR!

THE SOUND OF MUSIC!

BE MY ANT!

PICTURE THIS!

THERE IS A SPOT IN OUR HEARTS EVER DEAR . . .

THERE ARE NONE SO BLIND AS THOSE WHO WILL NOT SEE!

ALWAYS KISS ME GOODNIGHT!

YOU’RE IN FOR THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE!

Dedicated to:

My family who have listened . . . and listened some more . . . to just about everything I’ve written . . . . and still love me.

My friends who always grab that first cup of coffee each morning . . . and have it with ME!!!

JUST REMEMBER!

If you ever feel very small and insignificant,

Just remember,

You are important to me!

If you think what you have to say doesn’t matter,

Just remember,

It matters to me!

If you feel like what you have to offer doesn’t have value,

Just remember,

You are valuable to me!

If you ever feel sad or down as can be,

Just remember,

I’m here to lift you up and make you smile!

If you ever feel like you’ve run out of gas,

I’ll be there with some fuel to transport you

To the destination of your choice!

If you ever feel like giving up,

Just remember,

You’re not a quitter—

Take a break, but I’ll be waiting patiently for your return!

If you ever feel weighed down, let me know. I’ll carry half the load.

Then the other half won’t be nearly so heavy!

If you ever feel you need someone to lean on,

I’m right here. Lean away!

If you ever feel you don’t make a difference,

Just remember,

You make a difference to me!

You are important!

You are the Best!

You are special!

And you make a difference each and every day!

Make me proud!

MOTHER’S DAY!

. . . If I only was de feller dat Me mudder tinks I am . . .—Unknown

When I was in grade school—maybe in the Second or Third grade, I remember calling home to tell my Mother I was staying after school. The image her voice conjured up in my head was how she looked when we went to church on Sunday—each piece of dark hair perfectly in place, dressed just so with very little make-up, but always red lipstick, earrings, and high heels—and the wonderful smell of perfume! When I called home that day, I wondered why she was all dressed up on a school day and it wasn’t until I got home and she was wearing a housedress and dusting or vacuuming, no make-up, but pretty, that I realized the image was only in my head and she really hadn’t been dressed up at all when I spoke to her on the phone. To this day, though she’s almost 80, when I talk to her on the phone, I still see her that way!

Why am I telling you a story about my mother? Because today’s message is to remind you that Mother’s Day is coming! I decided a long time ago that I was going to spend as little time unhappy as I could, so I make it a point to remind my husband of special days. I’m sure these days are special to him, too, maybe? But he’s not real good at remembering the dates. A card is good! Can’t go wrong with flowers—I’d take flowers even if they made me sneeze. Jewelry and perfume are always nice! Going out to brunch or dinner is an awesome choice, too! And who knows her better than you? You know her favorite hobbies and special likes! Take a minute to send her something if you can’t visit and visit if you can—actually, she’d probably take a visit over a gift any time!

Today’s challenge is to plan something special for the mother(s) in your life! Make this Mother proud! I know you can because, after all, you are the Best, and, in case you’re wondering, today is going to be an absolutely INCREDIBLE day! You are the BEST!

I do not love all my children the same. When one of them is sick, I love that child more. When one of them is in pain or hurt, I love that child more. When one of them is confused, I love that child more. And when one of them is bad—not just naughty—but really bad—I love that child more.—Jim Kraus

GO AHEAD—MAKE MY DAY!

They say that opposites attract and I am just absolute proof of that fact. When Bob and I first got married, I came home from work and he said, Guess what, honey? I bought you a rifle today. Now, you could venture to guess that a rifle would not be found ANYWHERE on any wish list that I have ever made or will ever make in this lifetime. So, when Bob said that to me, I responded with, That was so wonderful of you, sweetheart, and guess what, I went shopping today and bought YOU a new blouse. I hadn’t bought the new blouse, yet, but I felt truly inspired by his loving gift.

I have gone to a shooting range and learned how to shoot a gun and target practice, I will admit, was fun. I couldn’t hit anything with a .22. Years ago when my brother was in ROTC in college, he let me shoot his M16 rifle and I sported a bruise on my shoulder from the butt of that rifle, though I had been warned, I still wasn’t ready for the recoil. But let’s talk .357—definitely the gun that made my day! So, I brought home my target and took it with me into work and hung it on my tackboard and made a little sign to put underneath it that said, Go ahead, make my day! Now, not too many people commented about it, until one day when my boss had a meeting and a man stopped by to ask whose target it was and when I responded that it was mine, he was rather impressed and said that no one should make me mad.

So, today’s task is to do something no one would expect of you. Surprise yourself! Push the envelope. Try something new! Here when you need me, but remember to keep those requests reasonable or better yet, give me something unreasonable. I dare you—go ahead—MAKE MY DAY!

I CAN’T HEAR YOU!

As you know, my life is perfect (you do believe me, don’t you?), so I would have to have perfect children, as well. Anything other than that would just be wrong, right? But even my perfect children, on occasion, needed to be reminded of some common courtesies that I expected from them. And while I would dislike correcting them in public, if I could gently remind them of the behavior that I expected without embarrassing them, that would definitely work for me and for them, as well.

Probably the most basic of courtesies that I expected from the girls, at a very young age, would be to say please and thank you. So when they would ask for something in public and NOT say please or thank you, I would simply respond, I’m sorry, I cannot hear you. Now, the first couple of times, I did this at home and they raised their voices louder in the hopes that I would then be able to hear them, but caught on very quickly that I could hear them very well,