Fwd: Harvey Writes...(this is very good :))

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In a message dated 06/21/2001 8:49:17 AM Central Daylight Time, JudyStout

writes:

<< > > Harvey Writes >>

> > Harvey Writes:

> >

> > We tried so hard to make things better for our kids that we made them

> > worse.

> > For my granchildren, 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.

> > 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

> > 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 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 the 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. Sealed with a kiss. I'm here for you.

> > And if i die before you do, I'll go to heaven and wait for you.

> >

> > Send this to all of your friends. We secure our friends not by

> > accepting

> > favors, but by doing them.

> >

> >