I was walking around in a
Wal-Mart store, when I saw a cashier hand this
little boy some money back. The boy couldn't
have been more than 5 or 6 years old. The Cashier
said, 'I'm sorry, but you don't have enough
money to buy this doll.' , , , , Then the little
boy turned to the old woman next to him,
''Granny, are you sure I don't have enough
money?'' The old lady replied, ''You know that you
don't have enough money to buy this doll, my
dear.'' Then she asked him to stay there for just 5
minutes while she went to look around. She left
quickly. The little boy was still holding the doll in
his hand. Finally, I walked toward him and I asked
him who he wished to give this doll to. 'It's the doll
that my sister loved most and wanted so much
for Christmas. She was sure that Santa Claus
would bring it to her.' I replied to him that maybe
Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not
to worry. But he replied to me sadly. 'No, Santa
Claus can't bring it to her where she is now. I have
to give the doll to my mommy so that she can
give it to my sister when she goes there.' His eyes
were so sad while saying this, 'My Sister has gone
to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going
to see God very soon too, so I thought that she
could take the doll with her to give it to my sister.''
My heart nearly stopped. The little boy looked up at
me and said, 'I told daddy to tell mommy not to
go yet. I need her to wait until I come back from
the mall.' Then he showed me a very nice photo of
himself. He was laughing. He then told me 'I want
mommy to take my picture with her so she won't
forget me.' 'I love my mommy and I wish she
didn't have to leave me, but daddy says that she
has to go to be with my little sister.' Then he
looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.
I quickly reached for my wallet and said to the
boy. 'Suppose we check again, just in case you do
have enough money for the doll!'' OK' he said, 'I
hope I do have enough.' I added some of my
money to his without him seeing and we started
to count it. There was enough for the doll and
even some spare money. The little boy said,
'Thank you God for giving me enough money!'
Then he looked at me and added, 'I asked last night
before I went to sleep for God to make sure I had
enough money to buy this doll, so that mommy
could give it to my sister. He heard me!'' 'I also
wanted to have enough money to buy a white
rose for my mommy, but I didn't dare to ask God
for too much. But He gave me enough to buy the
doll and a white rose.'' 'My mommy loves white
roses.' A few minutes later, the old lady returned
and I left with my basket. I finished my shopping
in a totally different state of mind from when I
started. I couldn't get the little boy out of my mind.
Then I remembered a local newspaper article two
days ago, which mentioned a drunk man in a
truck, who hit a car occupied by a young woman
and a little girl. The little girl died right away, and
the mother was left in a critical state. The family
had to decide whether to pull the plug on the life-
sustaining machine, because the young woman
would not be able to recover from the coma. Was
this the family of the little boy? Two days after this
encounter with the little boy, I read in the
newspaper that the young woman had passed
away. I couldn't stop myself as I bought a bunch
of white roses and I went to the funeral home
where the body of the young woman was for
people to see and make last wishes before her
burial. She was there, in her coffin, holding a
beautiful white rose in her hand with the photo of
the little boy and the doll placed over her chest. I
left the place, teary-eyed, feeling that my life had
been changed forever. The love that the little boy
had for his mother and his sister is still, to this day,
hard to imagine, and in a fraction of a second, a
drunk driver had taken all this away from him.
Now you have 2 choices: 1) Post this message to
others, or 2) Ignore it as if it never touched your
heart. The quote of the month is by Jay Leno,
'With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control,
mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms
tearing up the country from one end to the other,
and with the threat of swine flu and terrorist
attacks, Are we sure this is a good time to take
God out of the Pledge of Allegiance? For those who
prefer to think that God is not watching over us
disregard this, for the others, pass it on! God Bless
You.