Something to give you the warm and fuzzies today

[Just The Tone]

Lori emailed me this and I thought I'd share it. Thank you Lori for sharing it with me.

Studies I've read show that a middle-income family will spend $160,140 to raise a child to 18 years old. Is it worth it? I gave some careful thought
last week on how children stack up as a "return on investment," and here's what I came up with:

$160,140 translates into $8,896 a year, $741 a month, $171 a week, $24 a
day, $1 an hour. What do you get for $1 an hour?

Well, for $1 an hour, you never have to grow up, because:
You get to frame rainbows, hearts, and flowers under refrigerator magnets
and collect spray-painted noodle wreaths for Christmas, handprints set in
clay for Mother's Day, and cards with backward letters for Father's Day.

You get to finger paint, carve pumpkins, play hide-and-seek, catch
lightning bugs, and never stop believing in Santa Claus.

You have an excuse to keep reading the adventures of Piglet and Pooh,
watching Saturday morning cartoons, going to Disney movies, and wishing on
stars.

What else do your get for your $1 an hour?
Glimpses of God every day.
Giggles under the covers every night.
More love than your heart can hold.
Endless wonder over rocks, ants, clouds, and warm cookies.
A hand to hold, usually covered with jam.
A partner for blowing bubbles, flying kites, building sandcastles, and
skipping down the sidewalk in the pouring rain.

Someone to laugh yourself silly with, no matter what the boss said that
day.
For $1 an hour, you get to be a hero:
Just for retrieving a Frisbee off the garage roof or taking the training
wheels off the bike.
For removing a splinter, filling a wading pool, or coaxing a wad of gum
out of bangs.
For coaching a baseball team that never wins but always gets treated to
ice cream regardless.
You get a front row seat to history to witness the first step, first word,
first bra, first date, and first time behind the wheel.

You get to be immortal. You get another branch added to your family tree.
You get an education in psychology, nursing, criminal justice,
communications, and human sexuality that no college can match.

In the eyes of a child, you rank right up there with God.
You have all the power to heal a boo-boo, scare away the monsters under the
bed, patch a broken heart, police a slumber party, ground them forever, and
love them without limits, so one day they will, like you, love without
counting the cost.

[allmightyone420]

Cute

Heartwarming

I like


(What, do you want some sappy speach from me?!?!?!?)

[Just The Tone]

Cute

Heartwarming

I like


(What, do you want some sappy speach from me?!?!?!?)

No smarty pants. I wasn't even expecting a reply. I just wanted to post something positive for a change.

[soapscum]

You forgot tax breaks.

[Lori]

You are welcome Dawn. I guess this whole baby thing gave me the idea.

Oh yeah, tax breaks are wonderful too!