This is the most precious gift anyone could ever recieve!!! I have tears
in my
eyes....
A Christmas Story....
Some time ago a friend of mine punished his 3-year-old daughter for
wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight, and he became
infuriated when the child tried to decorate a box to put it under their
Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her
father the next morning and said, "This is for you daddy." He was
embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his anger flared again when
he found that the box was empty. He yelled at her, "Don't you know that
when you give someone a present, there's supposed to be something inside
of it?"
The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and said, "Oh
daddy, it's not empty. I blew kisses into the box. All for you Daddy."
The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl, and
again begged her forgiveness.
My friend told me that he kept that gold box by his bed for years.
Whenever he was discouraged, he would take out an imaginary kiss and
remember the love of the child who had put it there.
In a very real sense, each of us as parents has been given a gold
container filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children.
No more precious possession could anyone hold...
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Pauline Phelps
Bakersfield CA
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"Happiness is like a Butterfly."
The more you chase it, the more
it will elude you But if you turn your
attention to other things, it comes softly &
sits on your shoulder........ {A Nice GUY}
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