In the words of JJ Barrie....No charge

For all of our children...............

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Now our little boy came up to his mum in the kitchen this evenin' .

While she was fixin' supper and he handed her a piece of paper he'd been writin' on

and after wipin' her hands on her apron

She read it - and this is what it said

For mowin' the lawn - five dollars

For makin' my own bed this week - one dollar

and for goin' to the store - fifty cents

An' playin' with little brother, while you went shoppin' - twenty-five cents

Takin' out the trash - one dollar

Gettin' a good report card - five dollars

and for rakin' the yard - two dollars

Total owed - fourteen seventy-five

Well, as mum looked at him standin' there expectantly

and I could see the mem'ries flashing through her mind

and so she picked up the pen, and turnin' the paper over

This is what she wrote

For the nine months I carried you Growin' inside me - No charge

For the nights I've sat up with you Doctored you, and prayed for you - No charge

For the time and the tears That you've cost through the years, there's No charge

and when you add it all up The full cost of my love is No charge

For the nights filled with dread and all the worries ahead - No charge

For advice and the knowledge and the cost of your college - No charge

For the toys, food and clothes and even for wipin' your nose There's No charge, son

and when you add it all up The full cost of my love, is - No charge

Well, when he finished readin'

He had great big old tears in his eyes

and he looked up at her standing there and said Mama, I sure do love you

Then he took the pen, and in great big letters

He wrote PAID IN FULL

Lord knows when you add it all up The cost of real love is - No charge

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I read this to my daughter..........she made me a cup of tea and told me she wouldn't charge me for it but could she have her bedroom painted blue......maybe I'll try again next year!!!!