Paul Harvey Writes:
* We tried so hard to make things better for our kids that we made them
worse. For my grandchildren, I'd like better.
* I'd really like for them to know about hand me down clothes and homemade
ice cream and leftover meat loaf sandwiches. I really would.
* I hope you learn humility by being humiliated, and that you learn honesty
by being cheated.
* I hope you learn to make your own bed and mow the lawn and wash the car.
* And I really hope nobody gives you a brand new car when you are sixteen.
* It will be good if at least one time you can see puppies born and your old
dog put to sleep.
* I hope you get a black eye fighting for something you believe in..
* I hope you have to share a bedroom with your younger brother/sister. And
it's all right if you have to draw a line down the middle of the room, but
when he wants to crawl under the covers with you because he's scared, I
hope you let him.
* When you want to see a movie and your little brother/sister wants to tag
along, I hope you'll let him/her.
* I hope you have to walk uphill to school with your friends and that you
live in a town where you can do it safely.
* On rainy days when you have to catch a ride, I hope you don't ask your
driver to drop you two blocks away so you won't be seen riding with
someone as uncool as your Mom.
* If you want a slingshot, I hope your Dad teaches you how to make one
instead of buying one.
* I hope you learn to dig in the dirt and read books.
* When you learn to use computers, I hope you also learn to add and subtract
in your head.
* I hope you get teased by your friends when you have your first crush on
a boy\girl, and when you talk back to your mother that you learn what Ivory soap tastes like.
* May you skin your knee climbing a mountain, burn your hand on a stove and
stick your tongue on a frozen flagpole.
* I don't care if you try a beer once, but I hope you don't like it.. And if
a friend offers you dope or a joint, I hope you realize he is not
your friend.
* I sure hope you make time to sit on a porch with your Grandma/Grandpa and
go fishing with your Uncle.
* May you feel sorrow at a funeral and joy during the holidays.
* I hope your mother punishes you when you throw a baseball through
your neighbour's window and that she hugs you and kisses you at
Hannukah/Christmas time when you give her a plaster mold of your hand.
* These things I wish for you - tough times and disappointment, hard work
and happiness. To me, it's the only way to appreciate life.
* We tried so hard to make things better for our kids that we made them
worse. For my grandchildren, I'd like better.
* I'd really like for them to know about hand me down clothes and homemade
ice cream and leftover meat loaf sandwiches. I really would.
* I hope you learn humility by being humiliated, and that you learn honesty
by being cheated.
* I hope you learn to make your own bed and mow the lawn and wash the car.
* And I really hope nobody gives you a brand new car when you are sixteen.
* It will be good if at least one time you can see puppies born and your old
dog put to sleep.
* I hope you get a black eye fighting for something you believe in..
* I hope you have to share a bedroom with your younger brother/sister. And
it's all right if you have to draw a line down the middle of the room, but
when he wants to crawl under the covers with you because he's scared, I
hope you let him.
* When you want to see a movie and your little brother/sister wants to tag
along, I hope you'll let him/her.
* I hope you have to walk uphill to school with your friends and that you
live in a town where you can do it safely.
* On rainy days when you have to catch a ride, I hope you don't ask your
driver to drop you two blocks away so you won't be seen riding with
someone as uncool as your Mom.
* If you want a slingshot, I hope your Dad teaches you how to make one
instead of buying one.
* I hope you learn to dig in the dirt and read books.
* When you learn to use computers, I hope you also learn to add and subtract
in your head.
* I hope you get teased by your friends when you have your first crush on
a boy\girl, and when you talk back to your mother that you learn what Ivory soap tastes like.
* May you skin your knee climbing a mountain, burn your hand on a stove and
stick your tongue on a frozen flagpole.
* I don't care if you try a beer once, but I hope you don't like it.. And if
a friend offers you dope or a joint, I hope you realize he is not
your friend.
* I sure hope you make time to sit on a porch with your Grandma/Grandpa and
go fishing with your Uncle.
* May you feel sorrow at a funeral and joy during the holidays.
* I hope your mother punishes you when you throw a baseball through
your neighbour's window and that she hugs you and kisses you at
Hannukah/Christmas time when you give her a plaster mold of your hand.
* These things I wish for you - tough times and disappointment, hard work
and happiness. To me, it's the only way to appreciate life.
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