As collected from the Internet, here's a truly heartwarming story about
the bond formed between a little 5-year-old girl and some construction
workers that will make you believe that we all can make a difference
when we give a child the gift of our time...
5-Year-Old's First Job
A young family moved into their new home, which was next 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 $10. The little girl took this home to her mother
who suggested that she take her "pay" to the bank the next day to start
a savings account.
When the girl and her mom got to the bank, the teller was equally
impressed and asked the little girl how she had come by her very own
pay check at such a young age. The little girl proudly replied, "I
worked last week with a real construction crew building the new house
next door to us."
"Oh 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 Lowe's ever
deliver the damn sheet rock."
Kind of brings a tear to the eye - doesn't it?
On 7/10/2011 9:26 PM, Steve wrote:
Some Snippage
>
> Kind of brings a tear to the eye - doesn't it?
>
There was a young 5 year old boy that was driving his mother crazy one
day, so she told him to go down to the construction site on the corner
and watch the carpenters. "Maybe you will learn something", she told him.
He left and was gone all day. That afternoon he came back home about
the time that Mom was starting to wonder about him. He walks into the
living room and Mom asks; "Did you learn anything, Timmy?"
"I learned to say; 'move it over just a cunt hair'" Timmy says.
"Oh my GOD!" the mom says, "I cannot believe that you would dare use
that kind of language in my house! You march outside and get me a
switch!" the irate mother demands.
"Get your own damn switch!" Timmy replies, "I ain't no damned electrician!"
--
Robert Allison
New Braunfels, TX
On 7/10/2011 9:26 PM, Steve wrote:
> As collected from the Internet, here's a truly heartwarming story about
> the bond formed between a little 5-year-old girl and some construction
> workers that will make you believe that we all can make a difference
> when we give a child the gift of our time...
>
> 5-Year-Old's First Job
>
> A young family moved into their new home, which was next 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 $10. The little girl took this home to her mother
> who suggested that she take her "pay" to the bank the next day to start
> a savings account.
>
> When the girl and her mom got to the bank, the teller was equally
> impressed and asked the little girl how she had come by her very own pay
> check at such a young age. The little girl proudly replied, "I worked
> last week with a real construction crew building the new house next door
> to us."
>
> "Oh 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 Lowe's ever
> deliver the damn sheet rock."
>
>
> Kind of brings a tear to the eye - doesn't it?
>
That little girl turned 56 this year.