A letter from a son to his mother?
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 thinking 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 The Angel of Mercy to come get me. The Angel said I was a Special Delivery ! How about that ?
My favorite part is at the end, "God couldn't stand to see me hurt so much either. That's when He sent The Angel of Mercy to come get me." I choose to believe that's what happened with Mikaylah, she couldn't stand the pain and God couldn't either. The Angel of Mercy took Mikaylah to that happy place where she has no more pain or suffering. It hurts us, but I have to keep in focus that she is no longer hurting and no matter how much I miss her and wish I had had her longer she is in a perfect place now where she is happy ALL the time. We can't even imagine a place like that. Some have said to me, "God needed her or it's all God's will." I don't believe that... I believe we live in a world with imperfection, with sin and sickness... God did not will for Mikaylah to be sick and die. His plan was for her to live a full life with lots of opportunity for joy and happiness on earth, but sickness took Mikaylah. Now she gets to have happiness for all eternity and we are promised of seeing her again when we get to eternity.
This is beautiful Tammy & I agree with you I think this world has a lot of sickness & disease in it & we are not exempt from getting them just because we are Christians. Jeremiah 29:11 says I know the plans I have for you says the Lord. They are plans for good & not disaster, to give you a future and a hope. So His plan is for good but, we live in a fallen world so we are susceptible to whatever this world has. I'm glad God saw my GRANDdaughters pain & took her out of it & she will never hurt again...I do have to live with the pain of missing her everyday but look what she endured in her 14 plus years. I wouldn't wish her back here to face all the pain that she didn't want to deal with. It was all to much for her & God saw that & took her to heaven where she will be free from pain forever. I am so saddened by her death but I have to remind myself everyday she is not dead she is very much alive & that brings me comfort. I can hear her saying right now...Grandma don't worry about me I'm FINE SO FINE. One day I will see her again & we will have forgotten all this earthly stuff. Love you Tammy and so thankful we can share with each other all the wonderful memories of our Angel Girl. Oh and thanks for always sharing your heart with all of us out here just waiting for another post! <3 <3 <3
ReplyDeleteBeautifully put mom! You always have such great things to share. Thank you for always being here. Love you!
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