RESIGNATION
To Whom It May Concern:
I am hereby officially tendering my resignation as an adult. I have decided I would like to accept the responsibilities of a 6 year old again.
I want to go to McDonald’s and think that it’s a four star restaurant. I want to sail sticks across a fresh mud puddle and make ripples with rocks. I want to think M&Ms are better than money, because you can eat them.
I want to play kickball during recess and paint with watercolors in art. I want to lie under a big oak tree and run a Koolaid stand with my friends on a hot summer's day. I want to return to a time when life was simple. When all you knew were colors, addition tables and simple nursery rhymes, but that didn’t bother you, because you didn’t know what you didn’t know and you didn’t care. When all you knew was to be happy because you didn’t know all the things that should make you worried and upset. I want to think that the world is fair. That everyone in it is honest and good. I want to believe that anything is possible.
Somewhere in my youth...I matured and I learned too much. I learned of nuclear weapons, war, prejudice, starvation and abused children. I learned of lies, unhappy marriages, suffering, illness, pain and death. I learned of a world where men left their families to go and fight for our country, and returned only to end up living on the streets...begging for their next meal. I learned of a world where children knew how to kill...and did!!
What happened to the time when we thought that everyone would live forever, because we didn’t grasp the concept of death? When we thought the worst thing in the world was if someone took the jump rope from you or picked you last for kickball? I want to be oblivious to the complexity of life and be overly excited by little things once again.
I want to return to the days when reading was fun and music was clean. When television was used to report the news or for family entertainment and not to promote violence and deceit. I remember being naive and thinking that everyone was happy because I was. I want to walk on the beach and only think of the sand between my toes and the prettiest sea shell I could find. I would spend my afternoons climbing trees and riding my bike. I didn’t worry about time, bills or where I was going to find the money to fix my car, (or my computer). I used to wonder what I was going to do or be when I grew up, not worry about what I’ll do if this doesn’t work out.
I want to live simple again. I don’t want my day to consist of computer crashes, mountains of paperwork, depressing news, how to survive more days in the month than there is money in the bank, doctor bills, gossip, illness and loss of loved ones. I want to believe in the power of smiles, hugs, a kind word, truth, justice, peace, dreams, the imagination, mankind and making angels in the snow.
I want to be 6 again.
Grand Prix of Minnesota &
Land O'Lakes Region, SCCA
invite you to
Rally 'Round the Kids
June 24, 2000
Noon to 8 p.m.WHAT
A road rally from the old Grand Prix Course to Hastings, hunting for answers to questions and brain-teasers.
A contest to see who has the best trivia mind!
WHY?
To have fun, of course, and raise money for the Cancer Kids Fund.
Funds will be used to send teens stricken with cancer to Camp Mak-A-Dream in Montana this summer.
We are asking a minimum donation of $25 per driver/navigator and an additional minimum donation of $5 for each additional passenger age 13 and over in your vehicle.
Children under 13 are welcome to ride along (additional eyes to spot those answers!) but will need no donation.
Remember, this is a fundraiser. We strongly encourage you to seek donations from friends, coworkers, etc.
WHEN?
Noon..............Registration
1:00 pm..........Driver's Meeting (mandatory, even for veteran rallyists)
1:30 pm..........First vehicles enter the course
5:00 pm..........First vehicles arrive at final checkpoint; picnic begins (approx.)
6:00 pm..........Awards and door prizes
HOW DO I REGISTER?
Participation is limited to 100 vehicles, so you must preregister.
Contact Kathy Goettsch, 612-789-3595 or Bruce Weinman, 612-529-6821 for a form or call the number below!
Complete, sign and return the registration/authorization form
Include a check for your donation - registrations will not be accepted without the minimum donations included.
Registration forms and your donation must be received by June 15. This does not include your pledge form.
Bring your completed pledge form and your collected pledge money to the event.
GOT QUESTIONS?
Call 763-531-3222 and leave a message.
Check for updated registration and Rally information on our Website - www.rallymn.com
Tonneau On-Line June 2000
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Copyright 2000, Land O'Lakes Region Last revised: March 13, 2003
