BUTTERFLY KISSES
We often
learn the most from our children.
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
under the 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
he 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.
There is no more precious possession anyone could hold.
Children
are a very precious gift from God, protect that gift!!
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