I was taking a stroll around in a Big-Bazar store doing a
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 towards me and
asked, “Uncle, do you mind to help by counting again and tell whether I don’t
have enough money?” 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. 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?” He said,
“OK, 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 tuberose 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 tuberose.
My mommy loves white tuberoses.” 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 on the spot, 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. I bought a bunch
of white tuberoses 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
burning. She was there, in her deathbed, holding a beautiful bunch of white
tuberose 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...
We can learn something that respects life, Follow and Obey
Rules. Don’t make anyone else to pay and bear for your mistakes. Do not make
the mistakes which cost others something that can never be replaced, especially
in these festive days!!!
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