Just a little story.....

We have been so busy getting ready for our HUGE GARAGE SALE Labor Day weekend, Friday and Saturday 8-?. The garage sale is to raise money towards our "Zoey Fund" (which is a loaded term) that we've been working on for over two years now. Madison knows that we've been saving and trying to put every bit aside that we can, we've kept her very involved in the whole process. Some people may think that's a bad thing for a 7 year old to know, but we want her to see every aspect of the process. We don't talk about expense totals or anything, but she knows that it is a costly process. She gets allowance every week for chores she has to do around the house and she has a savings account that we started for her several years ago before she knew about buying things because she had money that she had gotten for birthdays and things we put in that account. She knows that she has that savings account now because we encourage her to add money to it for future "big" purchases (car, college, etc.). The other day we were working on pricing some of the garage sale things and Madison said, "Mommy why don't you and Daddy take my savings money to help buy our plane tickets". I started to cry. "You don't need to cry about it, you can have it, I want you to", she said. I explained to her that that was her money and we weren't going to use it, but that it was so thoughtful of her to offer. She said, "That would at least pay for my plane ticket, right?" Which it would only pay a portion of it, which I didn't tell her, but she kept on anyway. I was so touched by her sweet notion. My child who I spend much of the time fussing at for being rude and inconsiderate was offering her money to help bring her sister home. It touched my heart and I just wanted to share it with you all!