Hadassah
September 22nd, 2009, 12:31 pm
Here's a truly heartwarming story about the bond formed between a
little 5-year-old girl and some construction workers that will
make you believe that we all can make a difference when we give a child
the gift of our time.
A young family moved into a house, next 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 first week, they even presented her with a pay
envelope containing ten dollars. The little girl took this home to her
mother who suggested that she take her ten dollars "pay" she'd received
to the bank the next day to start a savings account.
When the girl and her mom got to the bank, the teller was equally
impressed and asked the little girl how she had come by her very own
pay check at such a young age. The little girl proudly replied, "I
worked last week with a real construction crew building the new house
next door to us."
"Oh 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 *******s at Home Depot ever
deliver the ****in' sheet rock..."
little 5-year-old girl and some construction workers that will
make you believe that we all can make a difference when we give a child
the gift of our time.
A young family moved into a house, next 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 first week, they even presented her with a pay
envelope containing ten dollars. The little girl took this home to her
mother who suggested that she take her ten dollars "pay" she'd received
to the bank the next day to start a savings account.
When the girl and her mom got to the bank, the teller was equally
impressed and asked the little girl how she had come by her very own
pay check at such a young age. The little girl proudly replied, "I
worked last week with a real construction crew building the new house
next door to us."
"Oh 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 *******s at Home Depot ever
deliver the ****in' sheet rock..."