[Vision2020] Fw: Fw: "Gold Wrapping Paper"

[lfalen]

I hope everyone will like this. We get a lot of little stories like this from Krista Parkins and Gayle Marek If you like them I will forward them on. If they are just clutter on your email, I wont.

Merry Christmas

Roger
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From: rafalen rafalen at turbonet.com
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:49:00 -0800
To: rowan33 at valint.net
Subject: Fw: "Gold Wrapping Paper"


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From: "Krista Parkins" bkparkins at tds.net
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:43:51 -0800
To: Undisclosed-Recipient:
Subject: "Gold Wrapping Paper"


   Gold Wrapping Paper

The story goes that some time ago a mother punished her five year old daughter for wasting a roll of expensive gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and she 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 mother the next morning and then said, 
"This is for you, Momma."

The mother was embarrassed by her earlier over reaction, but her anger flared again when she opened 
the box and found it was empty. She 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, 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 forgiveness for her thoughtless 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, friends 
and GOD. There is no more precious
possession anyone could hold.



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