Friday, September 01, 2006

As salaamu alaikum

Mom You Owe Me $14.75

A little boy came up to his mother in the kitchen one evening while she was fixing dinner, and he handed her a piece of paper that he had been writing on. After his mom dried her hands on an apron, she read it, and this is what it said:

For cutting the grass: $5.00
For cleaning up my room this week: $1.00
For going to the store for you: $0.50
Babysitting my kid brother while you went shopping: $0.25
Taking out the garbage: $1.00
For getting a good report card: $5.00
For cleaning up and raking the yard: $2.00
Total Owed: $14.75

Well, his mother looked at him standing there, the could see the memories flashing through her mind. She picked up the pen, turned over the paper he'd written on, and this is what she wrote:

For 9 months I carried you while you were growing inside me: No Charge
For all the nights that I've sat up with you, doctored and prayed for you: No Charge
For all the trying times, and all the tears that you've caused through the years: No charge
For all the nights that were filled with dread, and for the worries I knew were ahead: No Charge
For the toys, food, clothes, and even wiping your nose: No Charge
Son. When you add it up, the cost of my love is: No Charge

When the boy finished reading what his mother had written, there were big tears in his eyes, and he looked straight at his mother and said,

Mom, I sure do love you".

And then he took the pen and in great big letters he wrote:
"PAID IN FULL"
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Awwww!
I love reading this little 'story'. It's so cute MashaAllah! lol

-believeress

1 comment:

Rhythmic Explosion said...

aww man such an awesome story...quite touching