This is for you in the holiday season.
We love you, Ansy.
We wish you well.

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.


Friends are like angels who lift us to our feet, when our wings have trouble
remembering how to fly.