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 O.K.?
When can I see him?"
The Surgeon said, "I'm sorry, we did all we could."
Sally said,
"Why do little children get cancer,
doesn't God care any more?
God, where were you
when my son needed you?"
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The Surgeon said,
"One of the nurses will be out in a few minutes
to let you spend time with your son's remains
before it's transported to the university".
Sally asked that the nurse stay with her while she said
good-bye to her son.
Sally ran her fingers through his thick red curly hair.
The nurse said, "Would you like a lock of his hair?"
Sally nodded yes.
The nurse cut a lock of his hair and put it in a plastic bag
and handed it to Sally.
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Sally said, "It was Jimmy's idea to give his body
to the university for study.
He said it might help somebody else,"
and that is what he wanted.
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 to be able
to spend one more day with his mother".
Sally said, "My Jimmy had a heart of Gold,
always thinking of someone else and always wanting to help others if he could".
Sally walked out of the Children's Hospital for the last time
now after spending most of the last 6 months there.
She set the bag with Jimmy's things in it on the seat
beside her in the car.
The drive home was hard and it was even harder to go into
an empty house.
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She took the bag to Jimmy's room and started
placing the model cars and things back in his room
exactly where he always kept them.
She laid down across his bed and cried herself to sleep
holding his pillow.
Sally woke up about midnight and laying
beside of her on the bed,
was a letter folded up.
She opened the letter, it 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 because I'm not around to say
"I Love
You"
I'll think of you every day mom and I'll love you
even more each day.
Some day we will see each other again.
If you want to adopt a little boy so you won't be so lonely,
he can have my room and my old stuff to play with.
If you decide to get a girl instead,
she probably wouldn't like the same things as us boys do,
so you will have to buy her dolls and stuff girls like.
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Don't be sad when you think
about me, this is really a great 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 here.
The angels are so friendly, and I love to watch them fly.
Jesus doesn't look like any of the pictures I saw of Him,
but I knew it was Him as soon as I saw Him.
Jesus 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.
I told God that I wanted to write you a letter
and tell you
good-bye and everything,
but I knew that wasn't allowed.
God handed me some paper and His own personal pen
to write you this letter with I think Gabriel is the name of the angel that 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 about...
Where was He when
I needed him?
God said,
"The same place He was when
Jesus was on the cross.
He was right there, as He always is with all His children.
Oh, by the way Mom,
nobody else can see what is
written on this paper but you.
To everyone else, it looks
like a blank piece of paper.
I have to give God His pen back now,
He has some more names to write in the
Book Of Life.
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Tonight I get to sit at the table with Jesus for supper.
I'm sure the food will be great.
I almost forgot to let you know -
Now 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 suffer the pain either,
so He sent The Angel of Mercy to get me.
The Angel said I was Special Delivery!
Signed with love from:
God & Jesus & Me
