A young girl came up to her mother in the kitchen one evening while she was fixing supper and handed her a piece of paper that she had been writing on. After her mom dried her hands on an apron, she read it, and this is what it said:
For washing the dishes : $2.00
For cleaning up my room this week : $5.00
For going to the store for you : $.50
For sweeping the kitchen floor : $2.00
For taking out the garbage : $1.00
For getting a good report card : $5.00
For babysitting my little sister while you went shopping : $.25
Total owed : $15.75
Well, her mother looked at her daughter standing there, and the memories flashed through her mind. She picked up the pen, turned over the paper her daughter had written on, and this is what she wrote :
For the nine months i carried you while you were growing 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
For all the nights that were filled with dread : No Charge
For all the worries I know ahead : No Charge
For the toys, food, clothes, and even wiping your nose : No Charge
Dear daughter, when you add it up, the cost of my love is : No Charge
When the girl finished reading what her mother had written, there were big tears in her eyes, and she looked straight at her mother and said, "Mom, I sure do love you." And then she took the pen and in great big letter, on her list of what her mother owed, she wrote : PAID IN FULL.
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