What is the price of mother?

What is the price of mother?

A little boy came up to his mother in the kitchen
one evening while she was fixing supper, and
handed her a piece of paper that he had been writing on.
After his Mom dried her hands on an apron, she read it,
and this is what it said:

For cutting the grass: $5.00

For cleaning up my room this week: $1.00

For going to the store for you: $.50

Baby-sitting my kid brother while you went shopping: $.25
Taking out the garbage: $1.00

For getting a good report card: $5.00

For cleaning up and raking the yard: $2.00

Total owed: $14.75


Well, his mother looked at him standing there,and
the boy could see the memories flashing through her mind.
She picked up the pen, turned over the paper
he'd written on, and this is what she wrote:
For the nine months I carried you
while you were growing inside me:

No Charge


For all the nights that I've sat up with you
doctored and prayed for you:

No Charge


For all the trying times, and all the tears that
you've caused through the years:

No Charge


For all the nights that were filled with dread,
and for the worries I knew were ahead:

No Charge


For the toys, food, clothes, and
even wiping your nose:

No Charge


Son, when you add it up,
the cost of my love is:

No Charge.


When the boy finished reading what his mother had written,
there were big tears in his eyes, and he looked
straight at his mother and said, "Mom, I sure do love you."
And then he took the pen and in great big letters
he wrote: "PAID IN FULL".