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Love purest
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I was walking around in a Big Bazaar store making shopping,
when I heard a Cashier talking to a boy of around 5 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 me
and asked:
''Uncle, Would you please see
and tell me if I have enough money to buy this doll” .He
poured the coins and a few notes into my hand and showed the
doll he wanted to buy.'
I counted his cash 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.
I was curious; I walked up to
him and asked him who he wished to give this doll to. He
said ‘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 looked 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
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.'
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 on the spot, and the
mother was admitted to hospital 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 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.
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