The Most Memorable Present of 2008
You look, and all you see is a candle.
It came with a tag that said “You can burn this candle any time you want.” We laughed until we cried.
When our son was seven, his class took a field trip to a Christmas Market in the German town where we lived. He had saved his money, and bought us Christmas presents there. One present he bought was wonderful – little beeswax candles.
We were delighted. They were beautiful, and they smelled so good! To honor him, we lit one right away.
Big mistake. When he walked into the room, his smiling face turned to utter horror!
“What are you doing??” he cried!
“We are burning your Christmas candle!” we said, proudly.
“No! No! You are not supposed to burn it!” he said, his eyes big and sorrowful! (Bad Mommy! Bad Daddy!)
We quickly snuffed the candle, and saved it, using it only for decoration for many years. I probably still have it, with our Christmas boxes, in storage.
We told this story when we were all together for Thanksgiving, and we all had a good laugh. The laugh was even better when we got this candle, with its note, telling us we could burn it any time we wanted. 🙂
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LOL thats funny! hehehehe but did you know why he did not want you to burn it?
I think because he had bought it for us with his own money. We were looking at it from a “beautiful candle let’s light a flame” point of view, and he saw us as destroying something very special he had bought for us. We’ve NEVER forgotten! As I said “BAD Mommy! Bad Daddy!” (He didn’t say that, we said that to ourselves!)
Lol ! nice story 🙂
Great story…makes me smile for the innocence and warmth of children. Happy 2009
Um Yousef – may you one day know the great happiness of having successful adult children. 🙂 It is the most unexpected, and incredibly gratifying, and totally undeserved happiness in the world!
With those thoughts in mind, here’s looking forward to the future while also enjoying the journey there 🙂