Forgiveness

The mother of a little girl was preparing to attend a very special social event she had been looking forward to for a long time. The new dress she had bought for the occasion was carefully laid out on her bed. But the little girl didn’t want her parents to go out that night and she put up quite a fuss about it. When the mother was out of the bedroom, the little girl thought she had found a way to keep her mother home. She took a pair of sewing shears and she slashed the new party dress. Ruined it completely! When the mother came back into the room she just couldn’t believe her eyes. Instead of exploding and becoming very angry, she just fell across the bed crying bitterly, completely oblivious to her daughter’s presence in the room. When the little girl saw her mother’s reaction, she realized the seriousness of what she had done, and she started to tug at her mother’s…