A Christmas Meme and a Story
I've seen this floating around my friends-list, so I thought I'd join in:
On the twelfth day of Christmas, ingenu0us sent to me...
Twelve friends drumming
Eleven classics piping
Ten dvds a-leaping
Nine paris dancing
Eight newsboys a-milking
Seven books a-swimming
Six musicals a-reading
Five cla-a-a-assic films
Four veronica mars
Three classic stars
Two les miserables
...and an emma in an adam brody.
Second, a bittersweet story that you might like. It's called "Gold Wrapping Paper":
The story goes that some time ago a mother punished her five 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 then 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.
On the twelfth day of Christmas, ingenu0us sent to me...
Twelve friends drumming
Eleven classics piping
Ten dvds a-leaping
Nine paris dancing
Eight newsboys a-milking
Seven books a-swimming
Six musicals a-reading
Five cla-a-a-assic films
Four veronica mars
Three classic stars
Two les miserables
...and an emma in an adam brody.
Second, a bittersweet story that you might like. It's called "Gold Wrapping Paper":
The story goes that some time ago a mother punished her five 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 then 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.