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At a WalMart store, a cashier
hands a 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.
A lady walked toward him and
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.'
She replied to him that maybe
Santa Claus would bring it to
her after all,
And not to worry.
But he replied back 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 the
lady 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 her a very nice
photo of himself. He was
laughing.
He then told her '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.
She quickly reached for her
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.'
She added some of her money to
his without him seeing and
they 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 the lady 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 boys
granny returned and the lady
left with her basket.
She finished her shopping in a
totally different state of
mind from when she started.
She couldn't get the little
boy out of her mind.
Then she 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,
The woman read in the
newspaper that the young woman
had passed away.
She couldn't stop herself as
she bought a bunch of white
roses and
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.
She left the place,
teary-eyed, feeling that her
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.
AUTHOR UNKNOWN
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