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The Eighth Wonder of the World Slide 2 On a day so calm Slide 3 Just like in a fairy tale Slide 4 A mommy and daddy brought a small girl into the world Slide 5 Her eyes were so bright, her skin was like fresh cream. The beguiling answer to all their dreams. Slide 6 She looked as full as a promise, so thats what they said, when they named her that night while lying in bed. Slide 7 Both parents were wise to understand, that while life is so exciting, all of it cannot be planned. Slide 8 Life can be prepared for, so that what well do. I know this is going to sound too fantastic but I swear its true. Slide 9 Living is expensive, and they shouldnt spend too much, buying things they dont really need and drifting out of touch. Slide 10 Oh how they knew, as Promise grew, her needs and wants would too. Slide 11 To give Promise everything she wanted would be daring, but how would they keep her humble and caring? Slide 12 They wanted Promise to have the world but stay nice and gracious. Slide 13 Like living in a one room flat and thinking it was spacious. Slide 14 They did not want to spoil her, or cause her head to swell. Promise must be pleasant and treat others well. Slide 15 They knew they had to save money but there was none left to save. They would need to change their habits and financially behave. Slide 16 A little isnt much until time prods it toward a lot. Slide 17 And sooner than you think, thats what youve got. Slide 18 Mom and Dad each one had some things they could do. Its the little things that mean a lot when you financially improve. Slide 19 Dad always went to Jolt-n-Bolt to help him stay awake. He loved their roasted coffee and the muffins they would bake. Slide 20 Mom bought lots of magazines and fancy haircuts too. She quit both of these luxuries; the least she could do. Slide 21 Day by day, Mom and Dad, gathered extra cash. At the end of the month, a BIG surprise, just how much they had stashed. Slide 22 Three hundred bucks!!! I know it sounds like a lot. But lets add lots of time and see what weve got. Slide 23 When you gather lots of money, your horizons are uncurled. Slide 24 Thats why compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world!!! Slide 25 At $300 a month for five straight years, they now had twenty- five grand. Lets not get too excited lets watch it expand. Slide 26 Mom and Dad kept squirreling away dough throughout the falling years. Saving money helped shed unnecessary fears. Slide 27 They never spent money on useless stuff. And when Promise begged for more they said, NO, you have enough! Slide 28 A humble girl just as they had wished. They had taught her many things. Like how to think intelligent and how to spread her wings. Slide 29 Promise was a modest girl, always willing to work hard. She always paid for things herself with her own debit card. Slide 30 She looked ahead toward her brightest future yet to come. It was time to leave for school - and it was a tidy sum. Slide 31 But Promise insisted on paying for it all, every tuition bill. Still clueless she was worth a quarter mil. Slide 32 Just three hundred a month could add up to all that? Slide 33 How could that possibly be? Slide 34 Its the miracle of compound interest Slide 35 Keep watching and youll see Slide 36 Lets jump ahead seven years. Promise is twenty-five. She is brilliant, bold, and beautiful. She is vividly alive. Slide 37 She found someone with whom she wants to share forevermore. But weddings are expensive a fact Promise could not ignore. Slide 38 Promise had saved just enough for the day she had planned in her head. She wanted to keep things simple, at least thats what Promise said. Slide 39 Promise still had no idea Slide 40 What lay quietly in wait Slide 41 One-half a million dollars by her pending wedding date Slide 42 Our tale ends with five more years piled on our story. Promise and her husband had worked to finalize their glory. Slide 43 They had a house and a baby too. A descendent of their own. Someone they could love and cherish until he was all grown. Slide 44 Promise was an angel. She was diligent and kind. Her familys future never strayed too far from her mind. Slide 45 Mom and Dad were ready to spill and fully confident, that thirty years of savings had been decades nicely spent. Slide 46 Just three-hundred a month, every month in Promises account, had blossomed, bloomed, and burgeoned into a generous amount. Slide 47 For Promise and her family Slide 48 The sum was oddly strange Slide 49 Living life was mostly a cinch, Slide 50 With a million bucks and change.