佚名/Anonymous
我們努力想讓子女生活得更好，最終卻事與願違。對我的孫兒們，我知道怎麽做才會更好。我很想讓他們知道，兄長傳給我的舊衣服，小時候吃過的家裏自製的冰淇淋，以及吃剩的肉糕。我的確很想講給他們聽。我的寶貝孫子，我希望你在遭遇失敗後懂得謙遜，也希望你能誠實，即使沒有人注意你。我希望你能學會整理床鋪，修剪草坪，清洗汽車，也希望當你滿16歲時，沒有人送你新轎車。我希望你能有幸目睹一次牛犢出生的過程，或者在你不得不為老狗送終時有朋友陪伴。我希望你能為自己的信仰與別人打得鼻青臉腫。我希望你能和弟弟分享同一間臥室——即使你在臥室中間畫一條分界線也無所謂。當弟弟因為害怕要鑽進你的被窩時，我希望你能收留他。還有，當你要去看迪斯尼電影，而弟弟想跟你一起去時，我希望你能帶上他。我希望你能與朋友們一起爬山，如果這項運動在你生活的城市沒有任何危險。如果你想要一把彈弓，我希望你父親能教你自己製作，而不是給你買把現成的。我還希望你學會挖泥巴和讀書；而當你學會使用電腦時，也應該學會加減法的心算。我希望吸煙的人在你麵前吞雲吐霧時，你會感到厭煩。我不介意你喝一次啤酒，但我希望你不會喜歡上它。如果有朋友請你吸含大麻的香煙或其他毒品，我希望你能清醒地認識到他並不是你的朋友。我當然希望你能抽時間陪爺爺坐在門廊上聊天，或陪叔叔釣魚。如果你把棒球扔到鄰居的窗戶上，我希望你的母親會責罰你。如果你把以自己的手為原型做成的石膏模型送給母親，我希望她會擁抱你、親吻你。我希望你能飽嚐歲月的艱辛、挫折與失望，並希望你努力工作，幸福快樂。
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 homemade ice cream and leftover meat loaf.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 up hill 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 subtractin your head.