Box Full of Kisses

How could I ever forget this day? It's a friend's birthday. A friend who used to be special. I didn't greet him and some friends asked why. Well sometimes some friendships are not designed to last forever. But I do hope he still remember this beautiful story that I put inside an empty box full of kisses. Hmmmm sweet memories of friendship we thought would never last.


The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight. He became infuriated when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree.


Never the less, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, "This is for you, Daddy."


He was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his anger flared again when he found the box was empty. He yelled at her, "Don't you know when you give someone a present, there's supposed to be something inside it?"


The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and said, "Oh, Daddy, it's not empty, I blew kisses into the box. All for you, Daddy."


The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged for her forgiveness. It is told that the man kept that gold box by his bed for years and whenever he was discouraged, he would 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 have been given a gold container filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children, friends, family or God. There is no more precious possession anyone could hold.


Well whether this friend remembers or not it doesn't matter anymore. That box full of kisses we gave him was a symbol of a pure friendship from Glory, Kobe and me. He said he left this box in Manila maybe it's long lost and forgotten but this story will live forever.


God bless!!!