NK - FW: Paul Harvey:

Dennis England d.england at worldnet.att.net
Thu Sep 7 15:22:06 PDT 2000


I understand the sentiment.  But I certainly would never wish humiliation on
anyone, least of all my children.

Balvin
----- Original Message -----
From: Langston, David R <david.langston at wilcom.com>
To: <Northkeep at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 9:23 PM
Subject: NK - FW: Paul Harvey:


>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Laura Langston [mailto:LLANGSTON at HALLKINION.COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 6:22 PM
> To: dhowland at rhythms.net; ajumper at wans.net; david.langston at wilcom.com
> Subject: 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 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.  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 sling shot, 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 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 you
> >   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 your 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, its the only way to appreciate life
> >
> >   Send this to all of your friends who mean the most to
> >   you. We secure our friends not by accepting favors
> >   but by doing them. Paul Harvey...GOOD DAY!
> >
>




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