Paul Harvey Riddle

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. 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. Paul Harvey RIDDLE: When asked this riddle, 80% of kindergarten kids got the answer, compared to 17% of StanfordUniversityseniors. What is greater than God, More evil than the devil, The poor have it, The rich need it, And if you eat it, you'll die? Send this to 10 people and then press shift and you will get the answer. Melissa P.S. Did anyone get the riddle???

Melissa... Thank you for putting up this post.... I really needed something like this today.... Thanks again! Elizabeth~

Hey Melissa, I really like the story but I can't figure out the riddle what is it ? Brenda

the answer to the riddle is :::: Nothing::::: get it?? Jan

Brenda The answer is Nothing sweetie. Love ya Melissa

OK, sometimes I look for something other than the obvious. DUH!!!

The answer is nothing...lol

hey hi Lia where have you been keeping yourself. Jan

Hey Jan, I'm still around...lol..we had a family member down over the holiday. She rode the train down and we drove her back, 8 hours each way, it was a LONG trip...lol I borrowed some books from the library to occupy me on the trip and I got on this reading frenzy (I do that sometimes) I think I've read about 10 or 11 books in the last week and a half. My sister hates it...lol...She works 11pm to 7am and I get to her house at 6am to watch her kids so that her husband can got to work and she can get some sleep. Every morning she expects me to play Yahtzee or Skip-Bo with her before she goes to bed and she knows that if I have a book, she's going to have to fight with me to put it down. Hope you're doing well, you're surgery is coming up isn't it? Lia

surgery is the 14th of August. Craigs is the 24th of this month and Barbara T. is the 7th of August. Brendas is 17th of August so there are a lot of fall babies happening. Oh by the way i think the Barnes hospital in St. Louis is having their walk thru for certification on the first of August. so that might be closer to you. Jan