I love it into him...

I was shopping in a drug store one day. I noticed a small boy taking jars from a low counter & playing 'train' with them on the floor. The clerk saw him & shouted, "Leave those things alone, you'll break them." The child turned a puzzled face to the clerk. At that moment, I noticed that the little boy was not completely normal. After a pause, he began playing with the items. The clerk scolded him again; his voice was louder this time.


Suddenly, a girl about 7 years old appeared from around the end of the counter, ran to the boy & bending on her knees beside him, put an arm about him & began to speak softly. I couldn't hear what she said to him. But the boy slowly & carefully began to replace the items on the shelf.

The little girl then rose to her feet & faced the clerk," He doesn't understand when you talk that way". She said," He understands what I say because I love it into him".

Christmas love...

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.

Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning & said, “This is for you, daddy”.

The man was embarrassed his earlier overreaction but his anger flared again when he found out the box was empty. He yelled at her, stating, “Don’t you know, when you give someone a present there is supposed to be something inside?”

The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes & cried, ”Oh! Daddy, it’s not empty at all. I blew kisses into the box. They’re all for you”.

The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl & begged for her forgiveness.

Only a short time later, an accident took the life of the child. It is said that her father kept that gold box by his bed for many years & whenever he was discouraged , he would take out an imaginary kiss & remember the love of the child who had put it there.


In a very real sense, each & every one of us as human beings, have been given a gold container filled with unconditional love & kisses…from our children family members, friends & God. There is simply no other possession anyone could hold, more precious than this.