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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-17-04 09:18 AM
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Heart warming story
My sister just sent me this, it's pretty funny, enjoy.


Here's a truly heartwarming story about the bond formed between a little
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 next door 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 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 assholes at Home Depot ever
deliver the f***ing sheet rock."

Kinda brings a tear to the eye.

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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-17-04 09:23 AM
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1. thank you
I needed that
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-17-04 09:25 AM
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2. LOL.... Didn't see THAT coming...
:bounce:
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TX-RAT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-17-04 09:27 AM
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3. That was great.
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-17-04 09:28 AM
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4. Funny...thanks n/t
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LynzM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-17-04 09:44 AM
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5. LMAO
Too funny!
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