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Post by Balvenie on Feb 27, 2008 20:22:15 GMT
GOLD WRAPPING PAPER
SOME TIME AGO A MOTHER PUNISHED HER FIVE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER FOR WASTING A ROLL OF VERY EXPENSIVE GOLD WRAPPING PAPER. MONEY WAS TIGHT AND SHE BECAME EVEN MORE UPSET WHEN THE CHILD USED THE GOLD PAPER TO DECORATE AN OLD BOX. NEVERTHELESS THE LITTLE GIRL BROUGHT THE GIFT BOX TO HER MOTHER THE NEXT MORNING WHICH WAS MOTHERS DAY. THE LITTLE GIRL SAID "THIS IS FOR YOU, MUMMY" 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 GIFT, THERE IS SUPPOSED TO BE SOMETHING INSIDE THE PACKAGE?" SHE HAD TEARS IN HER EYES AND SAID " OH MUMMY, ITS NOT EMPTY. I BLEW KISSES INTO IT UNTIL IT WAS FULL". THE MOTHER FELL TO HER KNEES AND PUT HER ARMS ROUND HER DAUGHTER AND BEGGED FOR FORGIVENESS. SHORTLY AFTER AN ACCIDENT TOOK THE LIFE OF THE LITTLE GIRL, AND THE MOTHER KEPT THAT GOLD BOX BY THE SIDE OF HER BED FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE. WHENEVER SHE WAS DISCOURAGED OR FACED DIFFICULT TIMES, SHE WOULD OPEN THE BOX AND TAKE OUT AN IMAGINARY KISS AND REMEMBER THE LOVE OF THAT CHILD.
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Post by redmaddi on Feb 27, 2008 20:36:00 GMT
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Post by seahorse on Feb 27, 2008 21:09:10 GMT
Thats so sad
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Post by ponylover1 on Feb 27, 2008 22:21:46 GMT
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Post by smudger on Feb 28, 2008 17:28:58 GMT
ive got a real big lump in my throat reading that and given my children a big cuddle...really makes you think...
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