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Conference oass::babynames

Title:A list of All the BABYNAMES (shadow copy)
Notice:BABYNAMES is now on-line and writable! Enjoy...
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Created:Tue Feb 13 1996
Last Modified:Fri May 30 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:996
Total number of notes:7139

746.0. "Let's get philosophical" by OZROCK::RODRIGUES (Whiskey sipping Liberal) Mon Nov 18 1991 20:45

A friend of mine sent this to me when our baby girl was born.  I don't know
where he got it from but I thought all you parents, and parents-to-be, would
appreciate it....beware, it's VERY deep!



	Your children are not your children.
	They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
	They come through you but not from you,
	And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

	You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
	For they have their own thoughts.
	You may house their bodies but not their souls,
	For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow
	Which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

	You may strive to be like them,
	But seek not to make them like you.
	For Life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
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746.1Little eyes are watching...KAOFS::J_MACDONALDTue Nov 19 1991 12:4841
    That was pretty deep, yet it was a full cup of reality...
    
    Here is another poem that I found.  It can be sent to Father of a boy
    or girl...
    
                    TO ANY LITTLE BOY'S FATHER
    
    There are little eyes upon you, and
    the're watching night and day,
    There are little ears that quickly take 
    in everything you do.
    And a little boy who's dreaming of the
    day he'll be like you.
    
    You're the little fellow's idol, you're
    the wisest of the wise,
    In his little mind, about you no
    suspicions ever rise.
    He believes in you devoutly, holds that
    all you say and do,
    He will say and do in your way, when he's
    grown up, just like you.
    
    There's a wide-eyed little fellow who
    believes you're always right,
    And his ears are always open and he
    watches day and night.
    You are setting an example every day in
    all you do.
    For the little boy who's waiting to grow
    up and be like you.
    
    
    I guess you can pick up your own moral of the story,
    everyone will get something different out of it.
    
    JOAN        due FEB,4,92
    
    The names we are thinking of are (Timothy Joseph MacDonald  or
                                      Katie Coreen MacDonald)
    
746.2SELL3::FAHELAmalthea Celebras/Silver UnicornTue Nov 19 1991 13:3242
    I had entered this earlier...this is for young twins.
    
           TWO WHITE PONIES 
    
    There once were two white ponies
    And they would often hear
    About how much they looked alike
    From others far and near
    
    They thought that this was silly
    And they would often say
    "How can you say we are alike?
    We're just like night and day!"
    
    For even though they seemed the same
    They did not feel that way
    For one had longer ears and tail
    And loved to dance and play
    
    The other one was quieter
    And she was taller, too
    Her eyes were larger than her twin's
    And they're a deeper blue
    
    One day they said, "Why should we care
    What other people feel?
    We know, though they think we're alike
    Our differences are real!"
    
    They carried on this simple thought
    And soon others would see
    Even though they seemed alike
    How different they could be
    
    And now the two white ponies
    Are happy for each other
    They know that its OK to be
    One different from another
    
    -1989
    
    K.C.