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kevin Site Admin
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Posted: March 16, 2008 11:58 PM Post subject: her first paycheck |
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Here's a truly heartwarming story about the bond formed between a little 5-year-old girl and some construction workers that makes you believe that we can make a difference when we give a child the gift of our time.
A young family moved into a house next door to a vacant lot. One day a construction crew turned up to start building a house on the empty lot. The young family's 5-year-old daughter naturally took an interest in all the activity going on next door and spent much of each day observing the workers.
Eventually the construction crew, all of them gems-in-the-rough, more or less adopted her as a kind of project mascot. They chatted with her, let her sit with them while they had coffee and lunch breaks, and gave her little jobs to do here and there to make her feel important.
At the end of the first week they even presented her with a pay envelope containing an official payroll check! It was only $2, but the little girl took this home to her mother who said all the appropriate words of admiration and suggested that they take the two-dollar "pay" she had received to the bank the next day to start a savings account.
When they got to the bank, the teller was equally impressed and asked the little girl how she had come by her very own paycheck at such a young age. The little girl proudly replied, "I worked last week with the crew building the house next door to us."
"My goodness gracious!" said the teller. "And will you be working on the house again this week, too?"
The little girl replied, "I will if those dirtbags at Home Depot ever deliver the damned sheetrock!"
Stories like this just bring a tear to your eye.
found at http://www.jumbojoke.com/her_first_paycheck_1033.html _________________
keep choosing life!
kevin
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Barbara K.
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Posted: March 17, 2008 1:07 AM Post subject: |
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Too funny. _________________
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pinkpearl
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Posted: March 17, 2008 7:27 AM Post subject: |
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kannprint
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Posted: March 17, 2008 8:49 AM Post subject: |
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What a riot! Thanks, Kevin. _________________
LIVE WELL, LAUGH OFTEN, LOVE MUCH.
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Leona
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Posted: March 17, 2008 9:28 PM Post subject: |
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Pamela
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Posted: March 18, 2008 12:04 PM Post subject: |
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I live with an electrician. What the little girl said sounded normal to me!\ _________________
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Cowgirl UP!
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Posted: April 12, 2008 11:10 PM Post subject: |
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picking up the trade fast I'd say.
Kay _________________
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