Tyr-Ziu Saxnot
08-26-2013, 09:46 AM
http://faithcenter.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/the-golden-gift/ The Golden Gift (Sunday, May 4, 2008)April 28, 2008 <!--end post header--> tags: 3 year olds (http://faithcenter.wordpress.com/tag/3-year-olds/), Cafe Sozo (http://faithcenter.wordpress.com/tag/cafe-sozo/), Children are a Blessing! (http://faithcenter.wordpress.com/tag/children-are-a-blessing/), INspirational Story About Children (http://faithcenter.wordpress.com/tag/inspirational-story-about-children/), Little Girls (http://faithcenter.wordpress.com/tag/little-girls/), The Golden Gift (http://faithcenter.wordpress.com/tag/the-golden-gift/)
by peacefulone (http://faithcenter.wordpress.com/author/peacefulone/)
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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.http://faithcenter.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/girl2.jpg?w=420&h=300 (http://faithcenter.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/the-golden-gift/girl2/)
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.
Author Unknown ------- I had something similar happen between my daughter and myself when she was 5 years old. It still chokes me up every time I think about it. We, ALL Americans had better look to the future security of our kids and grandkids. Worse and hardest two words I know are--TOO LATE! -Tyr
by peacefulone (http://faithcenter.wordpress.com/author/peacefulone/)
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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.http://faithcenter.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/girl2.jpg?w=420&h=300 (http://faithcenter.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/the-golden-gift/girl2/)
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.
Author Unknown ------- I had something similar happen between my daughter and myself when she was 5 years old. It still chokes me up every time I think about it. We, ALL Americans had better look to the future security of our kids and grandkids. Worse and hardest two words I know are--TOO LATE! -Tyr