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I deserve a daily newspaper delivered to my house

30-Day Blogging Challenge September 1 to September 30, 2011 ~ Day 25 Prompt: I deserve a ____________. Finish the statement and write about why you deserve it.

I deserve a daily newspaper delivered to my house every morning. About five or six months ago, I let the newspaper subscription laps after I changed phone numbers, television, and internet providers. I missed having a newspaper and it was difficult to get to a store to buy one. Last Tuesday, a carrier left a free paper in my driveway with a price list for the subscription. Therefore, on Thursday, I called the number and subscribed for 52 weeks. The cost is only $60.00, but on Friday, I started “shoulding” on myself when I began thinking about the deductable on my mother’s hearing aids.

I knew there would be enough to make the deductable earlier in the week; however, on Friday I began considering the other bills coming in. The $60.00 I paid for the newspaper will make no difference one way or another. After more consideration, I have decided that I deserve a daily newspaper delivered to my house every morning.

I deserve to relax every morning with a cup of hot coffee and a page of comics. I deserve the joy of looking through the Sunday paper for coupons that I can use. I deserve to spend a little time each day looking through the paper for interesting articles that give me ideas for poems and stories.