Tanya Masse Quotes

We are not entitled to ALL of anything, not even ourselves ... and rightfully so.

It's tough being AWESOME all the time, but the kids need someone to look up to!

Try to be happy for no reason. If you are only ever happy for a reason, you're basically screwed, because those reasons can always be taken from you.

Perfection doesn't exist here, AWESOME does.

Don't ever let anyone bring you down, define who you are or destroy your AWESOMENESS.

A wise man once said NOTHING ... He just let her vent, nodded his head and live happily ever after!

Water IS the most important element on the face of the earth, because without water, there would be no WINE and without WINE I would be living in a PADDED CELL!

Don't compare yourself to other MOMS ... We are all just winging it, just some hide it better than others.

Do things that count, but don't count the things you do.

The things you should value most in this life are NOT things.

Behind every successful woman are people who bring out the best in her, encourage her and cheer her on!

No REGRETS. Just LESSONS learned, BLESSINGS recognized and HUMOR found.

If your words, actions and intentions are not genuine, I have no use for you or room for you in my life.

I'm a MAMA! I've got REACTIONS & REFLEXES faster than any speeding bullet! HUGS & KISSES more POWERFUL than any drug! EYES in the back of my head! The amazing ABILITY to find stuff out to protect what I LOVE!And the STRENGTH to carry the weight of the world on my shoulders to keep my children safe from harm!

The HAPPIEST people don't have the BEST of everything ... They just drink WINE.

I need COFFEE to help me change the things I can ... and WINE to help me accept the things I can't!

Common sense is a tool that isn't in everyone's shed.

Taking care of yourself, taking time for yourself & rewarding yourself is NOT selfish. It's important & absolutely necessary!

Where there is evil, brutality and hatred, there is overwhelming courage,
strength and kindness.
Focus on the good.
Stay positive.
Stay together.
Stay peaceful.
Stay strong.

You NEED to look back to remember the awesome memories, to remember the positive lessons you have learned, to help someone else learn from what you have lived and to see how far you have come.

They are not grey roots! This is my new fifty shades of grey OMBRE hairstyle!

Love and laughter are stronger than cancer.

Asking me to do ANYTHING before I've had my first cup of coffee should be an episode on 1000 Ways to DIE.

I suffer from ADDAD ... Attention Deficit Doing ANYTHING Disorder!
It's where you set a goal to do certain things, then you start to do one thing, but get distracted by other things, which causes you to bounce around from thing to thing only to end up doing a lot of things with nothing to show for it!!

Marry the person who gives you the same feeling you get when you take the very first sip of COFFEE in the morning!

Acknowledging awesomeness is powerful, contagious, important and necessary!

You can't NOT cross the street because you might get hit by a car.

Growing up is the dumbest thing I ever wanted to rush into.

Sometimes being a MOM is like a good
ol' country song! You lose your sleep, you lose your hair, you lose your patience, you lose your energy, you lose your memory AND you lose your SANITY! But you DO IT all for LOVE!

If you change your way of thinking and being, you will change your way of seeing.

These days, "getting lucky" means drinking an entire cup of COFFEE while it's still HOT!

My daughter asked me what it's like to have children ... So I followed her to the washroom every time she went and asked her questions through the door until she lost her S#!T ...

The ability to go from one failure to another without loss of enthusiasm is the ultimate foundation of success and strength.

Death is really a matter of perspective. So many people say "sorry for your loss" when a special one dies, but I don't see it as a loss. You don't lose the person at all, you gain a guardian angel that will stay with you and watch over you and their loved ones for life.

Wine is to women as duct tape is to men, it fixes EVERYTHING!

Too many of us spend too much time worrying about how long we are going to live rather than focusing on how we live. People cannot live forever, but memories can. Remember that with every breath and your life will change.

Your RELIGION does not make you a good person. Your BEHAVIOR does.

Stay positive, stay strong, stay together and just keep going!

If you think someone is AWESOME, tell them! The world NEEDS more of THAT!

If you need someone, reach out to me. I promise I'm strong enough to lift you up.

The only true disability is the inability to accept and respect differences.

Don't waste any of your precious time or energy on negativity. There's no time for that nonsense.

Even AWESOME MOMS use the F-BOMB!

If you're a MOM who has no idea what you're doing, but you do the best you can with whatever gets thrown your way every single day ... YOU'RE DOING IT RIGHT!

I suffer from CLAUSTROPHOBIA, a fear of closed spaces.For example, I'm petrified that the WINE store will be closed before I have time to get there!!!

If there is ONE THING that you do today, let it be this ...
Don't take life WAY too seriously.

Acknowledge and voice the positives LOUDER than the negatives.

When you focus on the positive, the blessings and the humor and just do your thing and you stop worrying SO much about what every one else is thinking and doing and STOP taking life way too seriously ... Awesomeness happens!

LIFE never really ends ... It just changes. You never lose your loved ones,
you gain guardian angels.

OVERREACTING" sounds like "OVARYACTING" Coincidence? I think NOT!!

MOMB - noun - One who can deal with all of the INSANITY of being a MOM ... Because she's the BOMB!

I'm quite certain that if I lost my sense of humor, it would most definitely need to be replaced by a padded cell.

I'd rather be surround by people who make mistakes and have no problem admitting to them and learning from them than be surrounded by people who think they make none.

Hate destroys EVERYTHING except itself. Everything. Including you.

AWESOME TEACHERS recognize different abilities, take time to listen, go beyond the textbooks, and inspire from the heart!

I'm pretty sure that my Restless Leg Syndrome is simply caused my body just fighting the urge to RUN AWAY!

AWESOMENESS is the closest you're gonna get to heaven while you're here on earth.

My bed is the magical place where I love to overthink like a PSYCHO.

You know you've officially hit a midlife crisis when you finally start feeling like you have your life together and your body starts falling apart!

If you can't handle my CRAZY ... You don't deserve my AWESOME!

Some things you say because you have no other choice. Some things you keep to yourself. But, some things are more than what you say. They're what you do. Or don't do. And these things, they speak for themselves. These are the things that affect people the most. <3

Raising a child is a time of RAPID CHANGE! From the ages of 0 to 19, a PARENT can age over 30 years!

Stay HIGH on AWESOMENESS so reality cannot destroy you!

If you judge a person that you don't even know by the tattoos they have, the piercings they have, the way they dress or by how they look to you in general, YOU are the one with the issue, not them. Stop the hate. Live and let live.

Want to be an AWESOME mom?
TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF
TAKE TIME FOR YOURSELF
and REWARD YOURSELF
Vent and cry if you need to. Say how you feel. Ask for help. Stop comparing yourself to other moms. Walk away from senseless toxic drama. Forget about the housework. Escape from reality every now and then. Take a hot bath. Take a nap. Lose yourself in a book. Pamper yourself. Go to the spa. Buy something for YOU. Go out to eat. Order in. Have a few drinks. Go out with the girls. Plan a date night. Go see a movie. Dance the night away. Celebrate LIFE. Celebrate YOURSELF. It's NOT selfish. It's necessary and important.

Focus on the POSITIVE
Recognize the BLESSINGS
Find the HUMOR
Hope for the BEST
&
Brace yourself for the worst.

MIDLIFE is that pivotal moment when you can FINALLY say that you basically have all your shit together and then your body starts falling apart!

It's certainly TOUGH being AWESOME all
the time, but I do it so the kids have someone to look up to!

Sometimes life gives you a little punch in the stomach ... You just gotta catch your breath and keep going.

I'd like to THANK whoever saw a
bunch of cherries and thought ...
HEY!! If I dry out a bunch of those berry seeds, call them "BEANS", smash them and add hot water, it will be AWESOME!

Even if you get the opportunity to treat them the way they treated you, no matter how difficult it was, no matter how angry you feel, no matter how hard it is to do... I hope you find the strength to choose to do better and let the universe take care of the situation. ️

A baby boy has a special way of brining out the man in his father and the little boy in his grandfather.

The happiest people are the ones who can build a firm foundation of awesomeness out of the stones people have thrown at them.

Eliminate all unnecessary negativity from your life and watch it change for the better.

If you change your way of thinking about failure, you can transform your weaknesses into strengths & realize opportunities for growth.

When you open your mind, you let happiness in.

You know that you have officially HIT at total midlife crisis when you get acne on your wrinkles.

It's ok to think the way you think, just as long as you respect that it's not the only way.

Your opinion should be based on what you see with your own eyes, hear with your own ears & feel with your own heart.

If you can HELP someone, DO IT! The world NEEDS more of THAT!

We all have our things that we would rather live without. It's how we live with them when we have no choice that makes us or breaks us.

If you have something genuine to say to another person that would make them feel super awesome about themselves and make their day ... SAY IT! The world needs more of that!
But no fake BS ... the world doesn't need more of that. No.

If THINKING about exercising, eating healthy and losing weight burned calories, I'd be a SUPERMODEL!

You should base everything on what you see with your own eyes, hear with your own ears and feel with your own heart. Period. Always believe what you KNOW about a person, not what you HEAR.

It's NOT called "QUITTING" or "GIVING UP" when making a sound and logical decision based on extenuating circumstances.

It's called being wise, smart and making the right choice.

I'm not your average anything and I love myself that way.

A domesticated man makes my lady parts beep!

How is it that food STILL contains calories that make you gain weight in the 21st CENTURY?! It's like scientists aren't even trying!

Want LESS! Need LESS! Live MORE!

Positive lessons learned... Blessings recognized... Humor found... No regrets.

We are often so worried about what is going to happen that we can't enjoy what is happening NOW.

COFFEE! Because this body is NOT going to wake itself up!

I don't need a personal trainer ... I need someone to stalk me and threaten to kick my ass when I eat and drink stuff I'm not supposed to!

Your opinion should always be based on what you have seen with your own eyes, what you have heard with your own ears and what you have felt with your own heart.

We don't lose our loved ones when they die. We gain guardian angels. - Tanya Masse aka Comic Strip Mama

If you let it bother you, it will bother you.

Life isn't always easy. I struggle day to day. But I choose to live life to the fullest and keep reminding myself that I am stronger than ANYTHING that stands in my way.

Sometimes the best plan is to simply expect that things might not go according to plan.

LIFE is what YOU make it. Make sure it's AWESOME.

What doesn't KILL me makes me stronger ... Except for the extinction of COFFEE ... that might kill me.