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~
TO
WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
If
you MUST DRIVE please and please again DON'T DRINK ALCOHOL
if
you MUST DRINK ALCOHOL, then please and please again DON'T DRIVE
If
you must DRINK and DRIVE, then please and please again DRINK WATER!!!!!
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