Minds

A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another, the home will be as beautiful as a flower garden. But if these minds get out of harmony with one another, it is like a storm that plays havoc with the garden.

~ Buddha

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In going through old emails that I have saved, I came across this list. I had asked Maddie and Elizabeth to help me come up with a list of 30 things you can do when you're 30 that you can't do when you're 7 or 11. Here is the list:

30 Things You Can / Should Do when your 30 that you Can't / Don't Get to do when you're 7 or 11:

1. Get a job at Dairy Queen.
2. Live in a mansion. (I tried to convince the girls that the residence hall they live in IS a mansion, but they didn't buy it).
3. Have a big screen TV.
4. Have a hot tub.
5. Have a bowling alley or movie theatre in your house.
6. Have a pinball machine and air hockey game in your house.
7. Have a basketball hoop.
8. For your birthday, go out to dinner.
9. Go see a movie.
10. Drive a car.
11. Buy a house.
12. Go to the beach.
13. Go swimming with dolphins.
14. Don't go to school.
15. Get a gecko.
16. Ride in a limo.
17. Have a closet 2 or 3 times the size of your bedroom.
18. 9 times the size of your bedroom would be even sweeter.
19. Have a mall in your house.
20. Go to a bar, if you like beer.
21. Go to a play for grown-ups.
22. Hang out with your friends.
23. Have a sleepover whenever you want.
24. Get a dog -- unless you're like terrified of dogs. Or allergic.
25. Have a racquetball place in your room.
26. Have an art studio.
27. Fill balloons with paint and throw darts at them to make art.

Apparently, they could only come up with 27 things. So, perhaps, this means that 27 is really the optimal age to be.