The doll and the white rose

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The Doll And The White Rose !

 

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 maybe 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.

 

 

Bessie Sewsunker

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University of Kwa-Zulu Natal (Westville Campus)

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