Grandmothers are an interesting breed of human and there are too many times when we take them for granted.

When you’re a child, you tend to think that your parents basically run the world. They make all of the rules and you have no choice but to follow their every command, unless your grandma is around. Your grandmother is probably the only person that will ever be able to tell your parents what to do and once you realize this handy little trick, there’s no telling how many situations you’ve managed to get out of, or into, by running to your grandma for back up.

Not only is your grandma good for getting you an extra $5 dollars on your allowance or another piece of cake, but the amount of wisdom and lessons that you can learn from her are unlimited. If you have been lucky enough to know your grandmother, you know that she is a woman who knows how to make something out of nothing. This was my grandma for sure and I know for a fact that I would not be the woman that I am today without her; so here are 13 things that I my grandma has taught me that has helped me get through life.

1. How and when to wear stockings or pantyhose.

2. How to fish, and which fish to throw back

3. I developed an obsession with tea

4. How to make my bed... neatly

5. How to make homemade corn bread

6. To always wear a slip underneath something see-through...or black

7. My alphabets

8. Incredible amounts of sarcasm,sass and shade throwing tendencies

9. What spanks were (thanks again grandma)

10.How things were “back then”

11. General tips on how to behave like I had some sense.

12. How to curse

13. And what it means to be strong in the face of adversary