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§ ita § - May 15, 2007 5:41:57 pm PDT #7537 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

The first item in my baby book is the bill from the hospital, showing all charges covered by insurance, with the notation "Born free!"

Heh.

I was comped, myself, due to damage. My mother only managed to bargain them down to half price on little sis, due to the same forceps scar.

Suddenly I'm suspicious of my bargain-loving mother.

Laura - May 15, 2007 5:51:28 pm PDT #7538 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.

A family member raised a son that became a very successful attorney. When his firm accidentally sent dad a bill for services rendered, he in turn sent his son a bill for room, board, education, etc. The son paid the bill. They had a most unhealthy relationship.

Me, I always tell the boys that I didn't pay the last payment to the hospital and they are at risk of repossession.

bon bon - May 15, 2007 6:01:46 pm PDT #7539 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

Did your family member write The Bill From My Father?!

§ ita § - May 15, 2007 6:06:40 pm PDT #7540 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

The bill from your mother, if issued, will always be higher.

aurelia - May 15, 2007 6:09:15 pm PDT #7541 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

I found the hospital bill from my dad's birth in an old family bible. I think it was around $60.

Laura - May 15, 2007 6:13:36 pm PDT #7542 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.

Did your family member write The Bill From My Father?!

Ha. No, but another book could have been written about these two. I often wanted to slap them both.

Lee - May 15, 2007 6:52:26 pm PDT #7543 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Gilmore Girls is making me sniffly.

Kat - May 15, 2007 6:54:14 pm PDT #7544 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

When I was a kid, we were travelling from Ohio to visit friends in Connecticut where I was born. My dad had a receipt for $7 from the hospital that they had paid (military hospital). He threatened to return me and get his money back if I did not behave on the trip.

Is it any wonder I'm completely warped?

Atropa - May 15, 2007 7:53:54 pm PDT #7545 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

He threatened to return me and get his money back if I did not behave on the trip.

My parents would occasionally claim that they got me from the Second-Hand Childrens Store, and that if they could only find the receipt, they would go get their money back. IIRC, I would counter with threatening to turn them into frogs.

Kat, the pictures are wonderful. I've been thinking of Noah and Grace a lot lately.

Trudy Booth - May 15, 2007 7:57:32 pm PDT #7546 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Is it any wonder I'm completely warped?

Well, you're not going to get a normal one at those prices...

(Of course, by that logic, your kids are going to be freaking angels all. the. time. )

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