And I find it kinda funny
I find it kinda sad
The dreams in which I'm dying
Are the best I've ever had
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The government recently calculated the cost of raising a child
from birth to 18 and came up with $160,140 for a middle income
family. Talk about sticker shock! That doesn't even touch
college tuition. But $160,140 isn't so bad if you break it down.
It translates into $8,896.66 a year, $741.38 a month, or $171.08
a week. That's a mere $24.24 a day! Just over a dollar an hour.
Still, you might think the best financial advice says don't have
children if you want to be "rich." It is just the opposite.
What You Get For Your $160,140?
Naming rights. First, middle, and last! Glimpses of God every
day. Giggles under the covers every night. More love than your
heart can hold. Butterfly kisses and Velcro hugs. 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 and castles, and skipping down the
sidewalk in the pouring rain. Someone to laugh yourself silly
with no matter what the boss said or how your stocks performed
that day.
For $160,140, you never have to grow up. 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.
You get to frame rainbows, hearts, and flowers under refrigerator
magnets and collect spray painted noodle wreaths for Christmas,
hand prints set in clay for Mother's Day, and cards with backward
letters for Father's Day. For $160,140, there is no greater bang
for your buck.
You get to be a hero just for retrieving a Frisbee off the garage
roof, taking the training wheels off the bike, removing a
splinter, filling a wading pool, coaxing a wad of gum out of
bangs, and 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, and if you're lucky, a long list of limbs in your
obituary called grandchildren. 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.
ENJOY YOUR KIDS AND GRANDKIDS
. // prawninator | 11:57 + ~ |
You might be living in my neighbourhood, or some other town or country far away. I don't know. And neither do you, at this point.
Wherever you are, I know I'll find you... if you don't find me first.
It's just a matter of time.
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