Visitation

Most of the parents come monthly to come visit their kids. There are two parents who are super poor, but would not miss visitation for the world. They always find a way to come and bring a little something for their kids.
Doris, Katy, Fernando, and Reina's mom is one of those parents. Reina decided last month she wanted to work all month and save her money to give to her mom at the next visitation. I thought that would be an excellent idea. The first week she wanted everyone to know that she was saving her money for her mom. As all of the other kids got paid their allowances and went and spent it on snacks. I figured when it came down to seeing everyone else buy snacks she would give in and want to buy too.  Although she only spent .50 all month of herself and the rest she saved.
All month long she saved little by little and had me put the money in safe keeping so no one would steal it from her. Friday was visitation and she had saved us $4.00. That's a lot considering she gets paid .50 a day to help take care of the babies. She was so proud of what she had saved. She understands her mom doesn't have much and she wanted to help her out. She could have done a number of other things with her $4.00, but she choose to save it for her mom. It brought tears to my eyes as she proudly handed the money to her mom on Friday.
I am proud of you Reina!