Some of you may have already gotten this in an e-mail, but I still wanted to share it, since it touched my heart so much.....
> TO: MY FRIENDS - THE BOX
> >> >
> >> > I received this from a friend who had a choice to
> >> > make. It said that I had a choice to make too.
> >> > I've chosen. Now it's your turn to choose.
> >> >
> >> > The story goes that some time ago a mother punished
> >> > her 5 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 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.
> TO: MY FRIENDS - THE BOX
> >> >
> >> > I received this from a friend who had a choice to
> >> > make. It said that I had a choice to make too.
> >> > I've chosen. Now it's your turn to choose.
> >> >
> >> > The story goes that some time ago a mother punished
> >> > her 5 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 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.
