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Headline: A memorable toy
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Post: When I was little I spent hours playing with my toys. This was a time before electronics were so wildly popular. However, I watched a fair amount of TV including cartoons. I remember seeing Transformers on TV and desperately wanted one of the bad guys. My mother told me that I could earn the money by doing yard work. I spent about a week pulling weeds and digging in the soil. I'm sure that my little hands weren't up to the task of serious landscaping, but I gave it my best effort. I remember one evening pulling weeds long after the sun had set. My mother called me in for dinner and afterward she said she had a surprise for me. Then she told me to look in the laundry hamper. Of course, it was my long sought after toy! Now I wouldn't trade this experience for anything. How many times have children (including me) received a load of toys for Christmas or their birthday and immediately lost interest in them? The thing that you value is the thing you pour your heart and work into. What a true and lasting gift it is to have a child work for what they want.
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When I was little I spent hours playing with my toys. This was a time before electronics were so wildly popular. However, I watched a fair amount of TV including cartoons. I remember seeing Transformers on TV and desperately wanted one of the bad guys. My mother told me that I could earn the money by doing yard work. I spent about a week pulling weeds and digging in the soil. I'm sure that my little hands weren't up to the task of serious landscaping, but I gave it my best effort. I remember one evening pulling weeds long after the sun had set. My mother called me in for dinner and afterward she said she had a surprise for me. Then she told me to look in the laundry hamper. Of course, it was my long sought after toy! Now I wouldn't trade this experience for anything. How many times have children (including me) received a load of toys for Christmas or their birthday and immediately lost interest in them? The thing that you value is the thing you pour your heart and work into. What a true and lasting gift it is to have a child work for what they want.
Follow our Pearland-Silverlake blog: http://eternalma.com/Event/blog
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