What’s the best advice your mother ever gave you?

Share your mom’s best piece of advice, admonition or words to live by for a special Mother’s Day story in The State. In 100 words or less, tell us a bit about that advice. Send along a photo of you and your mom, along with your name and the town where you live, to statefeatures@thestate.com.We’ll publish these bits of wisdom in The State and on thestate.com on Mother’s Day. Deadline is Friday, May 1.

This story was originally published April 27, 2015 at 7:53 PM with the headline "What’s the best advice your mother ever gave you?."