我们非常努力地想让我们的儿女们过得更好，而结果却是适得其反。对我的孙辈们，我就明智得多了。
我真的希望他们能够了解什么是兄长传下来的旧衣服，家制的冰淇淋，以及吃剩的肉。我真的希望。
我的宝贝孙子，我希望你在经受失败的考验之后能学会谦卑，也希望你能学会诚实，即使在没有人注视你的时候。
我希望你能学会自己叠被子，自己割草坪，自己洗车，我还希望在你满十六岁时没有人送给你一辆崭新的轿车。
假如你至少有一次机会看见小牛犊出生，假如你不得不为你的老狗送终，那时有一位好朋友在场陪伴你，那样该有多好啊！
我希望你能为自己的所信仰与人斗得眼青脸肿。
我希望你能和你弟弟共一间卧室，即使你在卧室中间划一条分界线也没关系。可是，当弟弟因为害怕而要爬进你的被窝时，我希望你会接纳他。
当你要出去看迪斯尼电影，你的小弟弟想做你的小尾巴时，我希望你能带上他。
我希望你能和朋友们一起爬山，而在你所生活的城市里做这项运动不会有什么危险。
如果你想要一把弹弓，我希望你父亲能教你怎样自己做一把，而不是为你买一把现成的。我还希望你能学会挖泥巴和读书，而当你学会使用电脑时，你也应该学会加减法的心算。
当你第一次恋上一个女孩时，我希望你会受到朋友们的嘲弄，而当你跟你母亲顶嘴时，希望她叫你尝一尝象牙肥皂的滋味。
但愿你能在爬山时弄破膝盖上的皮，或者在炉子上烧伤手，或者让舌头粘在结冰的旗杆上。
我希望吸烟者对着你的脸上喷吐烟雾时，你会感到恶心。如果你尝试喝一次啤酒，我不会在意；但是我希望你不会喜欢上它。如果有一位朋友请你吸一口含大麻的香烟，或者任何毒品，我希望你明智地意识到他不是你的朋友。
我当然希望你能抽时间来陪你爷爷在门廊上坐一坐，或者陪你叔叔钓钓鱼。
如果你把捧球扔进了邻居的窗户，我希望你母亲惩罚你。如果你能剪掉指甲，用石膏做一只自己的手的模型送给你妈，我希望她会给你拥抱和亲吻。
我希望你能经历艰难的岁月，挫折和失望；希望你努力工作，幸福快乐。
A Woman’s Tears
A little boy asked his mother： “Why are you crying？”
“Because I am a woman.” She told him.
“I don’t understand” he said.
His mum just hugged him and said： “And you never will.”
Later the little boy asked his father： “ Why does mother seem to cry for no reason？”
“All woman cry for no reason.” Was all his dad could say.
The little boy grow up and became a man， still wondering why women cry.
Finally he put in a call to God， when God got on the phone， he asked， “God， why do women cry so easily？”
God said： “ When I made the women， she had to be special. I made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world； yet， gentle enough to give comfort.
I gave her inner strength to endure childbirth， and the rejections many times comes from her children.
I gave her hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else gives up， and take care of her family through sickness and fatigue without complains.
“I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances， even her children has hurt her very badly.
“I gave her strength to carry her husband through his faults and fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart.”
“I gave her the wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife， but sometimes tests her strength and resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly.”
“And finally， I gave her a tear to shed. That is her exclusively to use whenever it is needed.”
“You see the beauty of a women is not the clothes she wears， the figure she carries， or the way she combs her hair.”
“The beauty of a women must be seen in her eyes， because that is the doorway to her heart， the place where the love resides.”
