Kisses in a Box

She tried to wrap her dad’s gift but failed. The little girl wasted an entire roll gold Christmas wrapping paper. Her father became angry and disciplined her for being so wasteful. She went to bed crying. On Christmas morning she brought the gold box to her dad. When he opened the box it was empty and his anger flared again. He said, “You wasted all that wrapping paper for nothing. This box is empty!” With tears in her eyes she said “Oh Daddy. It’s not empty. I blew kisses in the box. I filled it up with my love and it’s all for you.” The father embraced his little girl and begged for her forgiveness. For years to come he kept that little gold box under his bed. Every time he was discouraged he would take the box and pull out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child that put it there.