A whites-only scholarship was set up at Columbia University.  It was originally set up in 1920.  Someone donated money but wanted the person to be white that received the scholarship.  Here is the link:  Link

When I was in the military, I was sitting next to a guy who was talking about the United Negro Fund and a scholarship associated with it.  I asked him for an application (I was going to give it to a black guy who worked with me).  The guy told me that it wasn't for white people.

Should we have scholarships based on race?

                                                    

I would imagine that is because people like to express themselves and work through their insanity.

Does xanga have more than its share of insane people?

                                                                                    

She spent so much time with me when I was a child.  I remember when I was sick as a child and she would get on the floor and play cars with me.  She took care of me.  

I told her that I always had the feeling of being completely loved as a child.  I never once entertained the idea of my parents not loving me.  I told my mom that I grew up with a confidence that I could be a garbage man and my parents would be proud of me.  

I am so sad when I hear stories of people who had parents that fell short of the mark.    I am so humbled by the sacrifices that my parents made so I could have everything.  (My parents were pretty poor in the early years but it felt like they gave me everything).    

But my mom is the best mom ever.  I feel so fortunate to be her son.

                                                                                                                          

At one point or another, you will realize that most of your dreams will not come true.

Even if your dreams come true, you will find out that they do not match what you thought they would be when you got there.

Most of the friends you made during your life will not be there for you during your darkest hour.  When you die, very few people will be standing around you if any.

You will spend most of your life either working or sleeping.  

One day you will get cancer or have a heart attack.  If you are lucky, you will die instantly.  But most of you will not be lucky.  You will die slowly.

All marriages end in divorce or death.  So even if you marry your "soulmate," he/she will potentially divorce you down the line.  If you stay married, one day you will wake up to a dead body laying next to you.  He or she will have left you alone.  

If you are a mother and you are raising your children, they will leave you. They will have a family of their own.

You are unlikely to become rich.  But if you happen to become rich, you are still going to end up in a nursing home with someone else having to wipe your butt for you.  There will become a point when you can barely walk and you will not be able to avoid wearing an adult diaper.  

In the nursing home, your kids will probably visit you once or twice a week.  So a complete stranger will be the person spending time with you.