Wal-Mart boy Touching Story.. Get the Tissues!

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A touching story I received:

I was walking around in a WalMart store, when I saw a cashier hand thislittle boy some money back. The boy couldn't have been more than 5 or 6 years old. The Cashier said, 'I'm sorry, but you don't have enough money to buy thisdoll.' Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him, ''Granny, are yousure I don't have enough money?'' The old lady replied, ''You know that you don't have enough money to buythis doll, my dear.'' Then she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to lookaround. 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 dollto. 'It's the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.She

was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her.' I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, andnot to worry. But he replied to me sadly. 'No, Santa Claus can't bring it to her where sheis now. I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can give it to mysister 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 thatshe 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 togo yet. I need her to wait until I come back from the mall.' Then he showedme a very nice photo of himself. He was laughing. He then told me 'I wantmommy to take my picture with her so she won't forget me.' 'I love my mommy and I wish she didn't have to leave

me, but daddy says thatshe 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. 'Suppose we checkagain, just in case you do have enough money for the doll!'' OK' he said, 'I hope I do have enough.' I added some of my money to hiswithout him seeing and we started to count it. There was enough for the dolland 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 last night before I went to sleepfor God to make sure I had enough money to buy this doll, so that mommycould give it to my sister. He heard me!'' 'I also wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose for my mommy, but Ididn't dare to ask God for too much. But He gave me enough to buy the dolland a white rose.'' 'My mommy loves white

roses.' A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket. Ifinished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when Istarted. I couldn't get the little boy out of my mind. Then I remembered a local newspaper article two days ago, which mentioned adrunk man in a truck, who hit a car occupied by a young woman and a littlegirl. The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a criticalstate. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on thelife-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able torecover from the coma. Was this the family of the little boy? Two days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the newspaperthat the young woman had passed away. I couldn't stop myself as I bought a bunch of white roses and I went to thefuneral home where the body of the young woman was for people to see

andmake last wishes before her burial. She was there, in her coffin, holding a beautiful white rose in her handwith 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 the 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.

A Single White Rose - yet it meant SO much...

whoever reads this story has felt its touch....

Sometimes a single act of kindness can save one life...

and change so many lives.....

******************************************************************The quote of the month is by Jay Leno, 'With hurricanes, tornados, fires outof control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up thecountry from one end to the other, and with the threat of swine flu andterrorist attacks, Are we sure this is a good time to take God out of thePledge of Allegiance?'

A Single White Rose - yet it meant SO much...

whoever reads this story has felt its touch....

Sometimes a single act of kindness can save one life...

and change so many lives.....