My cherished grandson, I hope you learn humility by being humiliated, and that you learn honesty by being cheated. I hope you learn to make your bed and mow the lawn and wash the car. And I really hope nobody gives you a brand new car when you are sixteen. I hope you have a job by then.
It will be good if at least one time you can see a baby calf 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 Disney 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 your driver doesn't have 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 those newfangled computers, I hope you also learn to add and subtract in your head.
I hope you get razzed 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 the stove,
and stick your tongue on a frozen flagpole.
I hope you get sick when someone blows cigar smoke in your face.
I don't care if you try 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 the joy of holidays.
I hope your mother punishes you when you throw a baseball through a
neighbor's window,
and that she hugs you and kisses you at Christmas time 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.
Are we friends? Or are we not?
You told me once, but I forgot.
So tell me now and tell me true.
So I can say....... "I'm here for you."
Of all the friends I've ever met,
You're the one I won't forget.
And if I die before you do,
I'll go to heaven and wait for you.
Send this to all of your friends that mean the most to you and let them know that they are your good friend! "We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them."
I really liked this. Hope you do too. These things I wish for each of you."
by Paul Harvey
As this was shared with me from a friend, I too, am sharing it with you in the hope that you too will share it, intact, with a friend too!
Magical happiness from ... Johnny Ould