eyecatcher
09-01-2006, 05:06 PM
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. One day a construction crew
turned up to start building a house on the vacant lot next door. 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 litt le job s 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 *******s at Home Depot
ever deliver the F******g sheet rock."
Kind of brings a tear to the eye, doesn't it?
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. One day a construction crew
turned up to start building a house on the vacant lot next door. 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 litt le job s 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 *******s at Home Depot
ever deliver the F******g sheet rock."
Kind of brings a tear to the eye, doesn't it?