Can I Borrow $5 | Imamother

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Tue, Feb 16 2010, 11:15 am

A woman came home from work late, tired
and irritated, to find her 5-year old son waiting for her
at the door.

SON: 'Mummy, may I ask you a question?'

MUM: 'Yeah sure, what it is?' replied the woman.

SON: 'Mummy, how much do you make an hour?'

MUM: 'That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a
thing?' the woman said angrily.

SON: 'I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you
make an hour?'

MUM: 'If you must know, I make $20 an hour.'

SON: 'Oh,' the little boy replied, with his head down.

SON: "Mummy, may I please borrow $5?"

The mother was furious, 'If the only reason you asked that is
so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other
nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and
go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I don't
work hard everyday for such childish frivolities.'

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door..

The woman sat down and started to get even angrier about the
little boy's questions. How dare he ask such questions only
to get some money?

After about an hour or so, the woman had calmed down, and
started to think:

Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that
$5 and he really didn't ask for money very often.The woman
went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door.

'Are you asleep, son?' She asked.

'No Mummy, I'm awake,' replied the boy.

'I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier'
said the woman. 'It's been a long day and I took out my
aggravation on you. Here's the $5 you asked for.'

The little boy sat straight up, smiling. 'Oh, thank you
Mummy!' he yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled
out some crumpled up bills.

The woman saw that the boy already had money, started to get
angry again.

The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked
up at his mother.

'Why do you want more money if you already have some?' the
mother grumbled.

'Because I didn't have enough, but now I do,' the little boy replied.

'Mummy, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time?
Please come home early tomorrow.

I would like to have dinner with you.'

The mother was crushed. She put her arms around her little
son, and she begged for his forgiveness.

It's just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in
life. We should not let time slip through our fingers without
having spent some time with those who really matter to us,
those close to our hearts. Do remember to share that $20
worth of your time with someone you love.

If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could
easily replace us in a matter of hours.

But the family & friends we leave behind will feel the
loss for the rest of their lives.