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
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（草地） 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 pared mold of your hand.
These things I wish for you-tough times and disappointment, hard work and happiness.
相关单词：leftover
leftover解释：n.剩货，残留物，剩饭；adj.残余的
leftover例句：
These narrow roads are a leftover from the days of horse-drawn carriages.这些小道是从马车时代沿用下来的。
Wonder if that bakery lets us take leftover home.不知道那家糕饼店会不会让我们把卖剩的带回家。
相关单词：humility
humility解释：n.谦逊，谦恭
humility例句：
Humility often gains more than pride.谦逊往往比骄傲收益更多。
His voice was still soft and filled with specious humility.他的声音还是那么温和，甚至有点谦卑。
相关单词：mow
mow解释：v.割（草、麦等），扫射，皱眉；n.草堆，谷物堆
mow例句：
He hired a man to mow the lawn.他雇人割草。
We shall have to mow down the tall grass in the big field.我们得把大田里的高草割掉。
相关单词：calf
calf解释：n.小牛，犊，幼仔，小牛皮
calf例句：
The cow s
The calf blared for its mother.牛犊哞哞地高声叫喊找妈妈。
相关单词：joint
joint解释：adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合
joint例句：
I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
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