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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 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 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 afterall, 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 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 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. in a fraction of a second, a
drunk driver had taken all this away from
him.
41 faves · 6 comments · Dec 19, 2010 2:28pm
Kensie_Dance
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1 decade ago
I cried. /:
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Xobri96Xo
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1 decade ago
i don't know, it's not mine.
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Face_In_The_Crowd
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1 decade ago
Is that a true story?
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Xobri96Xo
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1 decade ago
me too, it is so touching
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JadeCorris
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1 decade ago
i nearly cried when i read this:"(
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eliizabethxo · 1 decade ago
I cried, a lot. I'm in my school library, so now people are looking at me as i sob in front of a computer screen /:
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