Butterfly Kisses
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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 Christmas
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.
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