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Postby Marie » Fri Nov 09, 2007 11:09 am

"When you're down to nothing, God is up to something. "



This is beautiful! Try not to cry.
She 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 any more ? 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 good bye to 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 . Laying 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, you know. Don't be sad th inking 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 good bye and everything. But I already knew that wasn't allowed. Well, you 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 Th e Angel of Mercy to come get me. The Angel said I was a Special Delivery ! How about that ?

Signed with Love from God, Jesus & Me.
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Postby Wildhound » Fri Nov 09, 2007 11:38 am

I'm not quite on the verge of tears. I suppose I can see how that might be touching if you believe in the bible story deal. :)
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Postby Marie » Fri Nov 09, 2007 11:42 am

I'm not into the whole Bible bit, wouldn't say I don't believe, but can't confirm I do believe either, however I recieved it in a E-mail this morning & I felt the need to share it, more so to highlight the cancer fact of the story? & with X-mas only around the corner :smt114 it might encourage ppl tp donate a little something to Cancer reserch.
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Postby Wildhound » Fri Nov 09, 2007 11:50 am

Hehe rereading my post I actually sound like a bit of a heartless bastard. I'm just a bit sceptical of religious indoctrination, despite not being athiest.

The message of the story sort of struck me as discouraging to cancer research. It seemed to say "it's grand if you die because God has a plan"...

But indeed cancer research needs all the help it can get!
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Postby Marie » Fri Nov 09, 2007 1:56 pm

gfalls wrote:I agree there should be more money spent, not only on cancer research, but all research that will make us live longer.

The government, on the other hand, don't want us to live too long. With families getting smaller, but people living longer, there is not enough working population, contributing to the state pension. That means the government has to pay out more, and receive less. If we all lived longer the economy would collapse.

That's why countries have wars. It kills off millions of young people that would otherwise grow old, and be a drain on the system.


Woah.... Letting off a wee bit of steam there are we :lol:

You should run for goverment! :wink:
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Postby colm_mcm » Fri Nov 09, 2007 3:09 pm

letter wrote:Signed with Love from God, Jesus & Me


I think it was God or Jesus that wrote the letter, looks a bit wordy for a child to write
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Postby Dragonheart » Fri Nov 09, 2007 8:28 pm

Hold on hold on, how did the letter get there again?
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Postby colm_mcm » Fri Nov 09, 2007 8:32 pm

I think maybe he had a bad reaction to the chemo drugs?
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Postby Dragonheart » Fri Nov 09, 2007 8:37 pm

Wonder did he use gfall's trick with the stamps.............
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Postby colm_mcm » Fri Nov 09, 2007 8:43 pm

Jeremy Beadle?
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