neerG nO 'nioG
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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 will
make you believe that we all can make a
difference when we give a child the gift of
our time.
A young family moved into a house, 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 ten dollars.
The little girl took this home to her mother who
suggested that she take her ten dollars "pay"
she'd received 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 Home Depot ever deliver the fuckin'
sheet rock..."
Kind of brings a tear to the eye - doesn't it?
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.
A young family moved into a house, 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 ten dollars.
The little girl took this home to her mother who
suggested that she take her ten dollars "pay"
she'd received 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 Home Depot ever deliver the fuckin'
sheet rock..."
Kind of brings a tear to the eye - doesn't it?
