I was walking around in a Big
Bazar store shopping, when I saw a Cashier talking to a 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
cashier and asked: are you sure I don't have enough money?''
The cashier counted his cash once
again and replied: ''You know that you don't have enough money to buy the doll,
my dear.'' 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. I wanted to Gift her for her BIRTHDAY.
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 my sister 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 with out 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.'
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 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 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 for ever...
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.
Please DO NOT DRINK & DRIVE.
Now you have 2 choices:
1) Forward this message, or
2) Ignore it as if it never
touched your heart.
For those who prefer to think
that God is not watching over us.... go ahead and delete this and for the rest
of us who dare to believe... Pass this on.
The value of a man or woman
resides in what he or she gives, not in what they are capable of receiving.
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