Date sent: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 09:32:26 -0800 Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Paul Harvey writes... > > > > To all my friends whom I cherish... > These things I wish for each of you > By Paul Harvey > > 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 meatloaf 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 bed and mow the lawn and wash > the car. And I 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. 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 wants to tag along, I hope you'll let him. > > 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 on 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 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 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 a neighbor's window and that she hugs you and > kisses > you at 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. > Written with a pen. > > > _______ To subscribe or unsubscribe, go to http://rangernet.org/subscribe.htm or to unsubscribe without web access, send "unsubscribe rrgold" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To post to RangerNet, please join RangerNet first (go to http://rangernet.org/subscribe.htm). You can then unsubscribe from RangerNet again if you want to go back to getting RRGold posts only.
