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08-30-2006, 09:54 AM
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I received this today, and thought I'd share it with you all. He is so dead on right about this, that it's not funny. If you know any uber-moms who have their kids wrapped up in protective cocoons, print it out and give it to them. It could save a child from becoming a monster.
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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 neighbor's window and that she hugs you and
kisses you at Hanukah/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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08-30-2006, 10:16 AM
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That's lovely. Thanks for sharing, Amy!
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08-30-2006, 10:20 AM
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08-30-2006, 10:21 AM
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But  , too. What a fnatastic essay! |
08-30-2006, 10:26 AM
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Excellent.
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08-30-2006, 10:56 AM
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I stripped the riddle off the email 
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08-30-2006, 11:03 AM
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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.
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08-30-2006, 11:14 AM
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I'll have to remind my kids they share rooms to build character. |
08-30-2006, 11:30 AM
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LOL, that would have been difficult in my household considering I had a high schooler and a preschool at the same time. I don't even WANT to imagine which one would have won most of the fights.
I love that essay. The riddle is good, I've seen it recently, so it's making the rounds.
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08-30-2006, 11:35 AM
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Lee Pitts, Chicken Soup for the Soul.
(I hate when we debunk one author but fail to credit the RIGHT author, if known  )
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08-30-2006, 12:18 PM
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Sorry, didn't add it.
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08-30-2006, 12:20 PM
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Not a problem - I just know people randomly surfing here (i.e., non-EA'ers) won't bother to click the snopes link
Today's Bad Joke of the Day that I send out daily was a thing on older women falsely attributed to Andy Rooney when it was written by some guy I don't know that many folks have heard of, coincidentally.
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08-30-2006, 12:45 PM
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I hate the Chicken Soup books. 
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