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A little
boy came up to his mother in the kitchen one evening while she was fixing
supper,
and he handed her a piece of paper that he had been writing on.
After his mom dried her hands on an apron, she read it, and this is what it
said:
For
cutting the grass: $5.00
For
cleaning up my room this week: $1.00
For
going to the store for you: $.50
Babysitting
my kid brother while you went shopping: $.25
Taking
out the garbage: $1.00
For
getting a good report card: $5.00
For
cleaning up and raking the yard: $2.00
Total
Owed: $14.75
Well,
his mother looked at him standing there,
and the boy could see the memories flashing through her mind.
She picked up the pen, turned over the paper he'd written on,
and this is what she wrote:
For the
nine months I carried you while you were growing inside me: No Charge
For all
the nights that I've sat up with you, doctored and prayed for you: No Charge
For all
the trying time and all the tears that you’ve caused through the years: No
Charge
For all
the nights that were filled with dread and for the worries I knew were ahead:
No Charge
For the
toys, food, clothes and even wiping your nose: No Charge, son.
When you add it up, the cost of my love is: No Charge
When the boy finished reading what his mother had written,
there were big tears in his eyes, and he looked straight up at his mother
and said, "Mom, I sure do love you." And then he took the pen and in
great big letters wrote, "PAID IN FULL."