The
Invisible Letter
Sally jumped up
as soon as she saw the surgeon come out of the operating room. She
said, "How is my little boy? Is he going to be all right? When
can I see him? "
The surgeon said, "I'm
sorry. We did all we could, but your boy didn't make it. "
Sally said, "Why
do little children get cancer? Doesn't God care anymore? Where were
you, God, when my son needed you? "
The surgeon asked, "Would
you like some time alone with your son? One of the nurses will be
out in a few minutes, before he's transported to the University."
Sally asked the
nurse to stay with her while she said goodbye to her son. She ran
her fingers lovingly through his thick red curly hair.
"Would you
like a lock of his hair?" the nurse asked. Sally nodded yes.
The nurse cut a lock of the boy's hair, put it in a plastic bag and
handed it to Sally.
The mother said, "It
was Jimmy's idea to donate his body to the University for Study.
He said it might help somebody else. "I said no at first, but
Jimmy said, "Mom, I won't be using it after I die. Maybe it
will help some other little boy spend one more day with his Mom." She
went on, "My Jimmy had a heart of gold. Always thinking of someone
else. Always wanting to help others if he could."
Sally walked out
of Children's mercy Hospital for the last time, after spending most
of the last six months there. She put the bag with Jimmy's belongings
on the seat beside her in the car. The drive home was difficult.
It was even harder to enter the empty house.
She carried Jimmy's
belongings, and the plastic bag with the lock of his hair to her
son's room. She started placing the model cars and other personal
things, back in his room exactly where he had always kept them. She
laid down across his bed and, hugging his pillow, cried herself to
sleep.
It was around midnight
when Sally awoke. Lying beside her on the bed was a folded letter.
The letter said:
Dear Mom,
I know you're going
to miss me; but don't think that I will ever forget you, or stop
loving you, just 'cause I'm not around to say I LOVE YOU. I will
always love you, Mom, even more with each day. Someday we will see
each other again. Until then, if you want to adopt a little boy so
you won't be so lonely, that's okay with me. He can have my room,
and old stuff to play with. But, if you decide to get a girl instead,
she probably wouldn't like the same things us boys do. You'll have
to buy her dolls and stuff girls like, y'know.
Don't be sad thinking
about me. This really is a neat place. Grandma and Grandpa met me
as soon as I got here and showed me around some, but it will take
a long time to see everything. The angels are so cool. I love to
watch them fly. And, you know what? Jesus doesn't look like any of
his pictures. Yet, when I saw Him, I knew it was Him.
Jesus himself took
me to see GOD! And guess what, Mom? I got to sit on God's knee and
talk to Him, like I was somebody important. That's when I told Him
that I wanted to write you a letter, to tell you goodbye and everything.
But I already knew that wasn't allowed. Well, y'know what Mom? God
handed me some paper and His own personal pen to write you this letter.
I think Gabriel is the name of the angel who is going to drop this
letter off to you. God said for me to give you the answer to one
of the questions you asked Him -
'Where was He when
I needed him?'
God said, He was
in the same place with me, as when His son Jesus was on the cross.
He was right there, as He always is with all His children.
Oh, by the way,
Mom, no one else can see what I've written except you. To everyone
else this is just a blank piece of paper. Isn't that cool? I have
to give God His pen back now. He needs it to write some more names
in the Book of Life.
Tonight I get to
sit at the table with Jesus for supper. I'm sure the food will be
great. Oh, I almost forgot to tell you, I don't hurt anymore. The
cancer is all gone. I'm glad because I couldn't stand that pain anymore...
and God couldn't stand to see me hurt so much, either.
That's when He
sent The Angel of Mercy to come get me. The Angel said I was Special
Delivery! How about that?
Signed with Love
from,
God, Jesus & Me.
BLACKBURNE & BROWN
MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC.
George Blackburne, III, Esq.
President and Chief Procrastinator
You
can reach George at george@blackburne.com
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