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The Box
The story goes that some time ago a mother punished her 5 year old
daughter for wasting a roll of expensive gold wrapping paper. Money was
tight and she became even more upset when the child pasted the gold
paper so as to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree.
Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift box to her mother the
next morning and said, "This is for you, Momma." The mother was
embarrassed by her earlier over reaction, but her anger flared again
when she found the box was empty.
She spoke to her in a harsh manner, "Don't you know, young lady, when
you give someone a present there's supposed to be something inside the
package?"
"The little girl looked up at her with tears in her eyes and said, "Oh,
Momma, it's not empty. I blew kisses into it until it was full."
The mother was crushed. She fell on her knees and put her arms
around her little girl, and she begged her to forgive her for her unnecessary
anger. An accident took the life of the child only a short time later and it
is told that the mother kept that gold box by her bed for all the years of
her life. Whenever she was discouraged or faced difficult problems she
would open the box and 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 human beings, have been given a
Golden box filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children,
family, and friends. There is no more precious possession anyone could
hold.
Contributed by Patti
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