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12/08/18 Weekend Grif.Net – The Kiss

12/08/18 Weekend Grif.Net – The Kiss

‘Getting =
late for a meeting, need to run’, he said, as he slung his coat =
over the shoulder and bounded out of the house.

 

As he drove =
away, she came running down the stairs two at a time. ‘Wait, =
wait’, she said, but he had already left.

 

Her mouth =
crumpled like used wrapping paper. ‘He forgot to give me a goodbye =
kiss’, she whispered in a voice that trembled under the weight of =
her hurt.

 

Her mom dialed =
the cell phone number and let her talk. ‘You left without giving =
me a kiss’, she said accusingly.

 

‘I am =
sorry sweetheart’, he said, his voice contrite. =

 

‘It is =
okay, dad’, she said, trying to act all growed up as she hung =
up.

 

She gulped =
down her breakfast morosely, put on shoes, picked up her school bag and =
started to walk out of the door, her shoulders slumped. As she climbed =
down the steps, a car glided to a stop outside the house. He got out of =
the car. She ran to him, her whole face lit up like a Christmas =
tree.

 

‘I am =
sorry I forgot’, he said, as he picked her up and hugged her. She =
said nothing, but her jaw ached from smiling.

 

Fifteen years =
later, no one would remember he was late for a meeting, but a little =
girl would never ever forget that her father drove all the way back home =
just to kiss her goodbye!

 

~~

Dr Bob Griffin =

[email protected] =
www.grif.net

"Jesus =
Knows Me, This I Love!"