These things I wish for you ( Archived) (12)

Jan 14, 2008 10:28 AM CST These things I wish for you
curlywolf
curlywolfcurlywolfmontreal, Quebec Canada402 Threads 7,052 Posts
Watching some of the vids just make me long for simpler things.
I'm tired od seeing dead bodies and families crying over their loved ones.
What is wrong with this so called evolved and enlightend world?





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

For my grandchildren, I’d know better.

I’d really like for them to know about hand-me-down clothes and home-made ice cream and leftover meatloaf. I really would.

My cherished grandson, I hope you learn humility by surviving failure and that you learn to be honest even when no one is looking.

I hope you learn to make your bed and mow the lawn and wash the car -- and I hope nobody gives you a brand-new car when you are sixteen.

It will be good if at least one time you can see a baby calf born, and you have a good friend to be with you if you ever have to put your old dog 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 is all right 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’ll let him.

And when you want to see a Disney movie and your kid brother wants to tag along, I hope you take him.

I hope you have to walk uphill with your friends and that you live in a town where you can do it safely.

If you want a slingshot, I hope your father teaches you how to make one instead of buying one. I hope you learn to dig in the dirt and read books, and when you learn to use computers, you also learn how to add and subtract in your head.

I hope you get razzed by friends when you have your first crush on a girl, and that when you talk back to your mother you learn what Ivory soap tastes like.

May you skin your knee climbing a mountain, burn your hand on the stove and stick your tongue on a frozen flagpole.

I hope you get sick when someone blows smoke in your face. I don’t care if you try beer once, but I hope you won’t like it. And if a friend offers you a joint or any drugs, I hope you are smart enough to realize that person is not your friend.

I sure hope you make time to sit on a porch with your grandpa or go fishing with your uncle.

I hope your mother punishes you when you throw a baseball through a neighbor’s window, and that she hugs you and kisses you when you give her a plaster of paris mold of your hand.

These things I wish for you -- tough times and disappointment, hard work and happiness.

-----and from me......I wish you all a chance to simple live.angel
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Jan 14, 2008 10:46 AM CST These things I wish for you
Firefighter_68
Firefighter_68Firefighter_68any, Puerto Rico USA28 Threads 4 Polls 347 Posts
UMMMMMMM

WOW



THANKS BRO NEEDED AND "EYE OPENER"!

cheers handshake
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Jan 14, 2008 10:47 AM CST These things I wish for you
Scottishlass
ScottishlassScottishlassKnoxville, Tennessee USA491 Threads 23 Polls 3,324 Posts
In response to: Curlywolf

thank you from one grandmother to another.
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Jan 14, 2008 10:47 AM CST These things I wish for you
Firefighter_68
Firefighter_68Firefighter_68any, Puerto Rico USA28 Threads 4 Polls 347 Posts
AND AGAIN SORRY BRO SLIPPED OUT....TALKING TO THE GUYS AND TYPING




doh doh doh hug
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Jan 14, 2008 10:49 AM CST These things I wish for you
rivame
rivamerivamemelbourne, Victoria Australia54 Threads 3 Polls 4,601 Posts
thumbs up thumbs up

Yes the simple things that todays society has lost sight of sigh
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Jan 14, 2008 10:50 AM CST These things I wish for you
curlywolf
curlywolfcurlywolfmontreal, Quebec Canada402 Threads 7,052 Posts
thank you from one grandmother to another.





she's only 8 lol still have a few years to go before I hear 'nanny'rolling on the floor laughing

But it comes from the heart.wave hug
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Jan 14, 2008 10:51 AM CST These things I wish for you
curlywolf
curlywolfcurlywolfmontreal, Quebec Canada402 Threads 7,052 Posts
AND AGAIN SORRY BRO SLIPPED OUT....TALKING TO THE GUYS AND TYPING



rolling on the floor laughing had me scared there for a while...almost went to checkrolling on the floor laughing wave
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Jan 14, 2008 10:55 AM CST These things I wish for you
trish123
trish123trish123Macclesfield, Cheshire, England UK177 Threads 4 Polls 13,724 Posts
Thats really beautiful - thanks sigh
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Jan 14, 2008 11:00 AM CST These things I wish for you
PILIPALA
PILIPALAPILIPALACardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales UK200 Threads 4,804 Posts
In response to: Jen


Aww the best wishes are the simple wishes that people have to work for. And don't come free or with out love and pain
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Jan 14, 2008 11:02 AM CST These things I wish for you
HJFinAZ
HJFinAZHJFinAZSun CIty, Arizona USA870 Threads 1 Polls 17,068 Posts
Some, would not know simplicity (or love) if it was right in front of them..uh oh Some, are have grown very good at avoidance.

grin




hug
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Jan 14, 2008 11:13 AM CST These things I wish for you
curlywolf
curlywolfcurlywolfmontreal, Quebec Canada402 Threads 7,052 Posts
Some, would not know simplicity (or love) if it was right in front of them.. Some, are have grown very good at avoidance




...and for them I feel sorry.



Duty calls...I shall be lurking around when I get a minwave hug
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Jan 14, 2008 11:19 AM CST These things I wish for you
Firefighter_68
Firefighter_68Firefighter_68any, Puerto Rico USA28 Threads 4 Polls 347 Posts
doh MY FINGERS ARE FASTER THAN MY BRIAN.......hug
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