THE DOLL AND THE ROSE

The Doll and the Rose
author unknown

A story of love that will touch your heart and bring a tear to your eye.

I was walking around in a store. I saw a cashier hand this little boy his money back saying "I'm sorry, but you don't have enough money to buy this doll."Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ''Granny, are you sure I don't have enough money?'' The old lady replied: ''You know that you don't have enough money to buy this doll, my dear.'' Then she asked him to stay there for 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly. 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 for this Christmas. She was so sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her." I replied to him that may be Santa Claus will bring it to her after all, and not to worry. But he replied to me sadly. "No, Santa Claus can't bring it to her where she is now. 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 she 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. "What if we checked again, just in case you do have enough money?'' "OK" he said "I hope that I 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 yesterday before I slept for God to make sure I have enough money to buy this doll so that mommy can 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." A few minutes later, the old lady came again and I left with my basket. 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 newspaper article 2 days ago, which mentioned of a drunk man in a truck, who hit a car, where there was one young lady and a little girl. The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the life-assisting machine, because the young lady 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 newspaper that the young lady 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 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 this 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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Well, looks like I am as close to finished with Christmas shopping
as I can be... next week I have to get BUSY WRAPPING
Thankfully we did catch a good many sales,
and we cut our list in half (*.*)
(but not because we wanted to).. But still, we are thankful to buy
for all that we bought for, and LOVE GIVING!
THANKS GOD! WE APPRECIATE YOUR AWESOME SON,
YOUR LOVE, YOUR MERCIES, FORGIVENESS, SALVATION
YOU'VE GIVEN US SO FULL AND FREE, YOUR GUIDANCE,
YOUR WORD, YOUR BLESSINGS, AND CONSTANT HELP!
WE ARE NOTHING WITHOUT YOU!!!
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YouTube - On My Knees (cover)
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Boy, we found out today just how OLD that the two of us are..
We went to Clifton Forge today to get a Cumberland Gap ham
(our favorite Christmas ham) while they were on sale..
While there we got our Christmas gifts for each other..
"FLU SHOTS"
ha, now are we OLD? OR WHAT?
GO AHEAD AND LAUGH, WE DID!
LAUGHTER IS A GOOD THING, THANKS GOD!
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Then we went by and stayed with Mom while Jenna ran
some errands.. She can be so sweet! Actually both of them are!
She was doing pretty good today, but still sad and really tired!
When she feels the least bit better, she just will not lay down
and rest! She wants to spend all her time with everyone..
(can't say I blame her, but she really does need her rest in order
to be able to keep going) guess it's sort of tit for tat
(the sadness, I understand also, she feels like she's leaving
her family behind) I don't even want to imagine how hard that would be.
Santa even came by on a fire truck! YES, A FIRETRUCK!
And it was really cool! THANKS SANTA!
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Jim came by with pictures of his BEAUTIFUL NEW
LITTLE GRANDSON! HE'S AWESOME!!!
THANKS GOD FOR THE LIFE OF THIS LITTLE ONE,
AND FOR HIS HEALTH AND SWEET PARENTS!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Then we left to run to the grocery store (*.*)
Wednesday is Jeff's 38th birthday..
I always cook for them the Sunday before their
birthdays, have ever since they've been grown...
This time, I will cook for all of them before we
go to Moms for the evening (maybe night too, we
never know, but try to help out as much as possible)
He's our second son! A really sweet fella!
"LOVE YOU SON"
He was our Christmas baby! 12/22/72
Thankfully he recently stopped smoking,
we are proud of him for that!
HOPE AND PRAY THAT HE HAS A REALLY
SPECIAL BIRTHDAY, AND THAT HE ALSO
SOON FINDS A REALLY GOOD JOB.
(they are so hard to find anymore)
GOD BLESS!
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YouTube - 9. Sweet Little Jesus Boy - Casting Crowns
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please pray for the sick, the dying, the hurting,
the grieving, and their caregivers..
and all the unborn and newborn babies,
and their parents...
HAVE A TERRIFIC SUNDAY, AND GOD BLESS
YOU AND YOURS!
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YouTube - New Doxology - Gateway worship, on Tyros2
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