The funny thing about fortune cookies is that they either fit the person and the moment perfectly, or they seem purposefully ironic – if you stretch your imagination a bit.
Recently, while trying Thai food again, hoping my sons’ taste buds would be more appreciative, they mostly enjoyed splitting open their cookies.
The sixth grader read, “You will let people free.”
Hmmm…He wants to invent the time traveling machine, so maybe that will do the trick.
The fifth grader read, “Your dream must be bigger than your fear.”
He grinned, “Oh yeah, already on it!”
“Why? What’s your dream?” I asked.
“To be a linebacker in the NFL.”
Given that he has always been in the 5th-10th percentile for weight and is the first to get hurt in any outdoor play, if he is smart, his fear will grow and grow.
The first grader, who recently got sent home for shoving a friend to the ground at recess, had me read his to him, “Your kindness and generosity will be appreciated by others.”
Not this week maybe, but one day….
….if you believe in fortune cookies. Which I do this one time.
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