Little Jimmy
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 OK, 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?"
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 him. 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
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 sat the bag with Jimmy's
things in it on the seat beside of her in the car. The drive home was hard
and
it was even harder to go into an empty house.
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.
Someday
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.
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. 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. 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.
~~~ author is unknown ~~~
"Painting is ©Tom Sierak and used with his permission by
Moon And Back Graphics to construct this set"
This painting is called "Spiffin the chines"
