for all you Mothers with kids!

[Amishway Homesteaders]

Found this in a box of old cards we got at a yard sale the other day.

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In the name of Love

 

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 my room this week $1.00

For going to the store for you .50

Baby-sitting 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, I'll tell you, his mother looked at him standing there

expectantly, and boy, could I see the memories flashing through her mind.

So 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 grew inside me, No

Charge.

For all the nights I've sat up with you, doctored and prayed for

you, No Charge.

For all the trying times, and all the tears you've caused through

the years, No Charge.

When you add it all up, the cost of my love is, 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, there's No

Charge, Son.

And when you add it all up, the full cost of real love is No

Charge.

Well, friends, when our son finished reading what his mother had

written, there were great big old 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 he wrote :

"PAID IN FULL."

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I told you.............................

 

 

[themartianchick]

Awwww...

 

My daughters would have said: I'll tell you what, I'll knock a dollar fifty off of your bill provided you pay it today rather than next week!

[Amishway Homesteaders]

Awwww...

 

My daughters would have said: I'll tell you what, I'll knock a dollar fifty off of your bill provided you pay it today rather than next week!

 

 

OH YES!

I too had one of those! LOL

[Amishway Homesteaders]

OK so here is what I did...........................

 

I printed one off and put it inside a blank card. On the outside all I put was THANK YOU MOM in big letters making it look like a kid did it.

 

inside all I said was I just wanted to let you know . . . .I Love you!

 

it is on the way ..............even as we speck!

PS you too can do the same!

but send it to your Mom not mine. LOL

[themartianchick]

I can't do that, Michael! My mom would take the time to tally up every morsel of food that I consumed in her household, the music lessons, the clothes, the class trips, the cost of cases of girl scout cookies, etc... and send it back to me with a note that says: Please Remit. Your prompt attention to this matter is greatly appreciated.

 

Yep... My mom is a smart aleck!

 

Edited to add: She'd probably compound the interest, too!

[Amishway Homesteaders]

I can't do that, Michael! My mom would take the time to tally up every morsel of food that I consumed in her household, the music lessons, the clothes, the class trips, the cost of cases of girl scout cookies, etc... and send it back to me with a note that says: Please Remit. Your prompt attention to this matter is greatly appreciated.

 

Yep... My mom is a smart aleck!

 

Edited to add: She'd probably compound the interest, too!

 

 

Seeing my Mom takes after me (ha,ha) I am sure I will be getting something back as well...............

After she stops crying over it that is.

[Snowmom]

 

Thank you for posting this, I've seen it before, but, it is good to see and read it again.

 

I can't send one either, my mom has been gone for over 27 years now. Wow, that makes me sound old.

 

I remember setting up all night with our last son, he ended up in the hospital the next day. He had pneumonia and was about 14 months old. Wasn't fun, that is for sure.

 

Yes, we moms go through a lot, don't we.

 

Thanks again for posting thsi Michael.