This forwarded from Ria, who wanted you all to read this: Ria wrote:
Sent this to Pete and Kevin in separate emails -- thought they should know what their "creations" have done for people, even so many years later... > We were typing up excerpts of the graduation speeches > from Wachusett Regional High School yesterday for publication in the paper, > and one girl (!!) wrote: "As children our dreams were simple, and sometimes > far-fetched. One day we wanted to become a fireman or even a Ninja Turtle, > while the next day we couldn't wait to grow up and become a chef or a movie > star. Today we think back and we laugh; a Ninja Turtle?? That seems so silly, > why would we ever want to become a cartoon, especially a Turtle who lives in > the sewers. But we dreamed to become a Ninja Turtle because we admired > them. They had qualities that we respected. They were superheroes, and our > admiration for them gave us, a children, something to look forward to and to aim > for every day. Our dreams served to teach us simple life skills. If we had not > climbed out of bed each morning aiming to be like those of whom we dreamed, > we would have never matured into the people we are now." > > Hear, hear. :)
