The Gold Wrapping Paper

  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.