Brad,
I think Paul Harvey is great!
Super post.
I am ready for some sunshine!
Virgie and Hoshi
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From: "MV" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: Birthday and wedding


> Yep as they say. One never appreciates the sunny days unless you've had
> the
> rainy ones as well. Below is an email a buddy of mine sent me a while back
> which lends itself to this thought pattern.
>
> 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
> 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 secure our friends, not by accepting favors, but by doing them.