While Dad is away, the kids will play. I spent the weekend in Toronto, with 4500 other Baha'is, at the big UHJ conference. While I was gone, my fourteen year old daughter Silvie wrote the following whimsical list of things other pre-teens might aspire to do before they reach twenty years old.
20 (somewhat far fetched) things to do before you are twenty
GROW WINGS
BECOME KING/QUEEN
BE THE HERO YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO BE
FIND THE CURE TO INK-POISONING OR CANCER
BECOME A MILLIONAIRE (^_^)
TRAVEL THE WORLD (SWITZERLAND, CHINA, YORK...)
GO HANGGLIDING! (0.0)
STOP A BOMB FROM EXPLODING
LEARN THE NINJA ARTS/KUNG FU
PUBLISH YOUR OWN BOOK
STOP WORLD HUNGER
BECOME A WORLD RENOWNED SOMETHING
BE FIRST WOMAN/MAN ON MARS
KISS THE ONE YOU LOVE
GRADUATE (FROM DRIVING SCHOOL).
HAVE THE BEST BIRTHDAY EVER!
GRADUATE (FROM HIGHSCHOOL)
BECOME (YOUR NAME) WORLD FAMOUS POP STAR!
GET MARRIED (^_^)
REACH 20 YEARS OF AGE (^.^)
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