Larry Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 FIRST PAYCHECK 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 a couple of dollars. 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 assholes at Home Depot ever deliver the damned sheet rock." Stories like this just bring a tear to your eye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nushka Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Sounds just like my son at that age...his father ran a building supply and learned a lot of "big" words early. Nina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharonjo Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Love it Larry, thanks for posting! Sharon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bev'sSister Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 I was all set up for a tear-jerking ending. You got me on that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myrnalu Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 good one,thats a keeper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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