Cruise Director
08-03-2002, 07:14 AM
32
32 years ago Pam and Warren brought a small child in to this World
11,392 days later, I say thank you.
What were your hopes for me?
What were your dreams for me?
A doctor, a scientist? Perhaps the cure for cancer would carry my name?
Well, I’m just me.
Little..OLD…me.
Except I’m not old.
I’m still your baby boy. You told me that the other day.
And now I want to say thank you.
Thank you for giving me the life I am having.
For the good and the bad.
Thanks for letting me experience a little bit of what it means to be alive.
I have seen the sun rise on the Atlantic and watch it set over the Pacific.
I ate a lobster on a dock with nothing but a mallet and my bare hands.
I have held a conversation with someone in a foreign country where neither one of us knew what we were saying to each other.
I saw the first video on MTV.
I ran a touchdown in Soldier Field.
I have taken the lives of some animals and helped give life to others.
I encircled myself with the best friends a person could hope for.
I gave my heart to another person and cried when she gave it back.
I shared a beer with a bum on a street corner.
I jumped in to a lake with my best friend when the ice was still on it.
I swam with a dolphin.
I was a bridesmaid.
I watched a niece be born.
I went to Mexico with you when I was a kid and took stupid pictures of birds.
I saw Yellowstone Park in a day.
I crawled in to a cave where people lived hundreds of years ago.
I tried “Rocky Mountain Oysters.”
I rode a Big Wheel down the largest hill in town at two in the morning.
I flew over our house in a helicopter.
I learned how to drive a stick shift while sluffing school.
I climbed to the top of a mountain.
I caught a shark.
I had dreams of flying and having super powers.
I played with matchbox cars.
I was on the radio.
I have written a story that was published.
I played “Doctor” with the little neighbor girl.
I got spanked when her mom caught us playing “Doctor.”
I went to college and remember most of it.
I sailed on a Great Lake.
I visited the oldest brewery in America.
I have seen art.
I walked down the Vegas strip.
I gave clothes to a homeless person.
I broke my arm
I graduated from High School on the honor roll.
I talked to people all across the World at the same time on a computer.
I saw a peep show.
I sang in a choir and played in a band.
I got in a fist fight with my best friend.
I rode on a float in a parade.
I learned the value of a dollar.
I saw how paper was made.
I almost drowned in a swimming pool.
I was sitting close to a loved one when they passed away.
I made some money in the stock market
I gave some of it back playing the lottery.
I have stood underneath the World’s largest collection of antlers
I have eaten raw fish
I took things that weren’t mine.
I was robbed once.
I have argued with people over political views
I visited a church that had a set of drums and a band.
I had a stash of dirty magazines in the heat register of my childhood bedroom.
I built a model airplane.
I cried when you got divorced.
I cried for different reasons when you got remarried.
I had someone point a gun at me in anger.
I planted sunflowers along our fence line.
I played with lawn darts before they were outlawed.
I rode in the back of a pick up truck.
I fell off a horse when it bucked.
I ate some mushrooms that made me feel “funny”
I read the bible.
I met someone famous.
I bought a brand new vehicle.
I dropped things out of a tall building.
I got my picture taken with the rest of my little league football team.
I sat on a beach and drank until the sun came up.
I sang in front of hundreds of people.
I made love in a public place.
I wrecked a car in a ditch full of water.
I broke out some teeth in a bicycle accident.
I sat comfortably next to you and didn’t say anything for hours.
I finished a Sunday New York Times crossword puzzle.
I went to the lowest elevation in the country.
I had a crush on one of “Charlie’s Angels.”
I ran out of gas in a boat in the middle of a lake.
I got my picture taken by a big, brass pig.
I bought beer with a fake I.D.
I yelled at child for doing something that I used to do.
I volunteered for a charity.
I snuck in to a movie theatre.
I bought treasures at a yard sale.
I saw the first Space Shuttle go in to space.
I raised a puppy in to an old dog that I buried in our pasture.
I saw how they make twinkees.
I threw a Frisbee in a park.
I carried you with me in everything I have done.
In other words, mom and dad, I experienced life. This is just a small sliver of it. And I still am. I have had good and bad in my 32 years and I owe it all to you. You brought me here and raised me in to the man I am today.
Here’s to 32 more years of experience!
32 years ago Pam and Warren brought a small child in to this World
11,392 days later, I say thank you.
What were your hopes for me?
What were your dreams for me?
A doctor, a scientist? Perhaps the cure for cancer would carry my name?
Well, I’m just me.
Little..OLD…me.
Except I’m not old.
I’m still your baby boy. You told me that the other day.
And now I want to say thank you.
Thank you for giving me the life I am having.
For the good and the bad.
Thanks for letting me experience a little bit of what it means to be alive.
I have seen the sun rise on the Atlantic and watch it set over the Pacific.
I ate a lobster on a dock with nothing but a mallet and my bare hands.
I have held a conversation with someone in a foreign country where neither one of us knew what we were saying to each other.
I saw the first video on MTV.
I ran a touchdown in Soldier Field.
I have taken the lives of some animals and helped give life to others.
I encircled myself with the best friends a person could hope for.
I gave my heart to another person and cried when she gave it back.
I shared a beer with a bum on a street corner.
I jumped in to a lake with my best friend when the ice was still on it.
I swam with a dolphin.
I was a bridesmaid.
I watched a niece be born.
I went to Mexico with you when I was a kid and took stupid pictures of birds.
I saw Yellowstone Park in a day.
I crawled in to a cave where people lived hundreds of years ago.
I tried “Rocky Mountain Oysters.”
I rode a Big Wheel down the largest hill in town at two in the morning.
I flew over our house in a helicopter.
I learned how to drive a stick shift while sluffing school.
I climbed to the top of a mountain.
I caught a shark.
I had dreams of flying and having super powers.
I played with matchbox cars.
I was on the radio.
I have written a story that was published.
I played “Doctor” with the little neighbor girl.
I got spanked when her mom caught us playing “Doctor.”
I went to college and remember most of it.
I sailed on a Great Lake.
I visited the oldest brewery in America.
I have seen art.
I walked down the Vegas strip.
I gave clothes to a homeless person.
I broke my arm
I graduated from High School on the honor roll.
I talked to people all across the World at the same time on a computer.
I saw a peep show.
I sang in a choir and played in a band.
I got in a fist fight with my best friend.
I rode on a float in a parade.
I learned the value of a dollar.
I saw how paper was made.
I almost drowned in a swimming pool.
I was sitting close to a loved one when they passed away.
I made some money in the stock market
I gave some of it back playing the lottery.
I have stood underneath the World’s largest collection of antlers
I have eaten raw fish
I took things that weren’t mine.
I was robbed once.
I have argued with people over political views
I visited a church that had a set of drums and a band.
I had a stash of dirty magazines in the heat register of my childhood bedroom.
I built a model airplane.
I cried when you got divorced.
I cried for different reasons when you got remarried.
I had someone point a gun at me in anger.
I planted sunflowers along our fence line.
I played with lawn darts before they were outlawed.
I rode in the back of a pick up truck.
I fell off a horse when it bucked.
I ate some mushrooms that made me feel “funny”
I read the bible.
I met someone famous.
I bought a brand new vehicle.
I dropped things out of a tall building.
I got my picture taken with the rest of my little league football team.
I sat on a beach and drank until the sun came up.
I sang in front of hundreds of people.
I made love in a public place.
I wrecked a car in a ditch full of water.
I broke out some teeth in a bicycle accident.
I sat comfortably next to you and didn’t say anything for hours.
I finished a Sunday New York Times crossword puzzle.
I went to the lowest elevation in the country.
I had a crush on one of “Charlie’s Angels.”
I ran out of gas in a boat in the middle of a lake.
I got my picture taken by a big, brass pig.
I bought beer with a fake I.D.
I yelled at child for doing something that I used to do.
I volunteered for a charity.
I snuck in to a movie theatre.
I bought treasures at a yard sale.
I saw the first Space Shuttle go in to space.
I raised a puppy in to an old dog that I buried in our pasture.
I saw how they make twinkees.
I threw a Frisbee in a park.
I carried you with me in everything I have done.
In other words, mom and dad, I experienced life. This is just a small sliver of it. And I still am. I have had good and bad in my 32 years and I owe it all to you. You brought me here and raised me in to the man I am today.
Here’s to 32 more years of experience!