The story goes that some time ago a father punished her 5 year old daughter for wasting a roll of expensive gold wrapping paper. Money was tight then and he became even more upset when the child used the gold paper to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree.
Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift box to her father the next morning and said, “This is for you, Daddy !”
The father was embarrassed by his earlier over reaction, but his anger flared again when he opened the box and found it was empty. He spoke to her daughter 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?”
She had tears in her eyes and said, “Oh, Daddy, it’s not empty! I sweared ……..I blewed kisses into it until it was full.”
The father was crushed. He fell on his knees and put his arms around his little girl, and begged her forgiveness for his thoughtless anger. He kept that gold box by his bedside for years. Whenever he was discouraged or faced difficult problems he would open the box and take out the imaginary kisses and recalling the love of the child who had put it there.
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that is such a cute story. i remember hearing that. so cute! hope you dont mind if i put it on my blog too! take care! your boys are getting so big!
That story is so sweet. It made me tear up!
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