Wise Words and Witty Expressions

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When you are young and your parents trot out some lame expression designed to teach you a life lesson, such as "if you don't have anything nice to say then don't say anything at all" or "you can do anything you put your mind to," you likely roll your eyes and chalk up their "lameness" to the fact that they are old and out of touch. When you grow up and experience a little bit of life, you suddenly realize that maybe those expressions really do have meaning and are helpful to ...

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When you are young and your parents trot out some lame expression designed to teach you a life lesson, such as "if you don't have anything nice to say then don't say anything at all" or "you can do anything you put your mind to," you likely roll your eyes and chalk up their "lameness" to the fact that they are old and out of touch. When you grow up and experience a little bit of life, you suddenly realize that maybe those expressions really do have meaning and are helpful to remember when navigating life's big and little ups and downs.

Being raised "old school" in a traditional Irish-Catholic household with a no-nonsense mother and a traditional, old-fashioned father, Renee' Gatz had a lifetime of hearing their various expressions—profound, funny, and even sarcastic. Without realizing it, these expressions stayed with her and came back to her at the appropriate moments in her life to help her laugh, understand, or survive. She has compiled those expressions in her first book, "Wise Words & Witty Expressions" and hopes that you find the same wisdom, insight, humor, and shear enjoyment in these words that she has grown to appreciate.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780984151608
  • Publisher: Woodpecker Press, LLC
  • Publication date: 9/1/2009
  • Edition description: RENEE GATZ
  • Pages: 122
  • Product dimensions: 5.90 (w) x 7.40 (h) x 0.50 (d)

Meet the Author

Renee' Gatz was born and raised in New Jersey, the oldest of three girls and had always been taken by the strength of character and conviction that her parents displayed. They navigated through life by holding true to their core beliefs. Those beliefs were most often exhibited by their example but were also exhibited in the expressions they used to keep life in perspective, to remind them of what was important, and to laugh at foolishness so as not to take life too seriously.

In her early growing years, Gatz did not appreciate the power of the expressions her parents spoke but, as she grew was amazed at how these expressions would come back to her to provide clarity, understanding, or a laugh at just the right moment.

Many of the expressions she learned growing up were passed on to her through her mother who learned them from her mother. Gatz's grandmother was a woman of strength and good humor who immigrated alone at the age of 18 to the United States from Ireland in the steerage section of a ship that landed in Ellis Island.

Gatz's late father was a man of few words who relied more on the power of his actions to express himself. Nonetheless, he is credited with teaching Gatz some important life lessons through the use of expression and some sarcastic repartee as well.

Gatz was motivated to share these expressions based on the positive response she would receive when she would mention one in conversation, the surprise that an expression she had heard her entire life was new to someone, and her natural desire to communicate those great thoughts with others.

Renee' Gatz earned her BS in business management from St. Peter's College. She has held a variety of marketing andcommunications positions in the financial services industry for over fifteen years. She has always enjoyed writing and was inspired to share the wisdom she learned from her parents in her first book, "Wise Words & Witty Expressions." Gatz lives in New Jersey today, not far from her childhood home.

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