The Doll and a White Rose - Such A Sad Story !!!

Many a time we do encounter angels in our daily lives without realizing it !!

I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier

hand this little boy some money back.

The boy couldn’t have been more than 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 a round.

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 him where 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 doesn’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 from

when I started. I couldn’t get the little boy out of my mind.

Then I remembered a local news paper 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

news paper that the young woman had passed away. I could

not 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 exposed 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.

~Anonymous~

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