I'm Not Into It!

Did our forbears not come to this continent, form this country and give their lives so that we might live differently from the old world?  Why then, must we, in this generation, attempt to conform to what the old world has become?  If the global community does not like our point of view, let us work for more understanding.  Turning from our independence to make ourselves agreeable to those countries which denied our ancestors the freedoms they carved out for us seems betrayal to their toil.  Sinking into sameness will not benefit our children's children who may someday, condemn us for our willful blindness.  The great experiment must not fail because we are to lazy to keep that which was bought with rivers of their blood, sweat and tears.

Little Girl...

Are you crazy? 
Don't you know you'll be grown up for most of your life? 
 Why try to look like you are twenty-eight when you lack about twenty of those years?? 
While you have the chance, enjoy dressing like a child!  Leave off the make-up.   Skip the tight jeans.  Braids and ponytails are fun! 
Be yourself, not who you think you want to be in the future. 
You look ridiculous!  (It's embarrassing.)