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Journalling reads:
The journalling reads as follows:

It has been calculated that the COST OF RAISING a child from birth to 18 amounts to US$160,140 (or rather R1,120,980) for a middle income family. That doesn't even touch college tuition.



But R1,120,980 isn't so bad if you break it down.

It translates into:

· R62,276.66 a year,

· R5,189.72 a month, or

· R1,297.43 a week.

· That's a mere R185.35 a day!

· Just under R10 an hour.



Still, you might think the best financial advice is don't have children if you want to be "rich." Actually, it is just the opposite.



What do you get for your R1,120,980?

· 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 jelly or chocolate.

· A partner for blowing bubbles, flying kites

· Someone to laugh yourself silly with, no matter what the boss said



For R1,120,980, you never have to grow up. You get to:

· finger-paint,

· play trains,

· play hide-and-seek,

· catch lightning bugs, and

· never stop believing in Father Christmas.



You have an excuse to:

· keep reading the Adventures of Piglet and Pooh,

· watch Saturday morning cartoons,

· go to Disney movies, and

· wish 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 or Mother's Day, and cards with backward letters for Father's Day.



For R1,120,980, 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 a 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 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 and great-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 under 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.



THAT IS QUITE A DEAL FOR THE PRICE!!!!!!!

Wow that about said it all. I did change a bit here and there (like putting in the Rand figure ... at the exchange rate of R7=$1... and adding the bit about playing trains!)


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