Jimmy
Sally 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 O.K.? When can I see him?"
The Surgeon said, "I'm sorry, we did all we could." Sally said, "Why do little children
get cancer, doesn't GOD care any more? GOD, where were you when my son needed
you?" The Surgeon said, "One of the nurses will be out in a few
minutes to let you spend time with your son's remains before it's transported to the university".
Sally asked that the nurse stay with her while she said good-bye to her son. Sally ran her fingers through
his thick red curly hair. The nurse said, "Would you like a lock of his
hair?" Sally nodded yes. The nurse cut a lock of his hair and put it in a
plastic bag and handed it to Sally.
Sally said, "It was Jimmy's idea to give his body to the university for study. He said it might help
somebody else," and that is what he wanted. 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 to be able to spend one more day with his mother".
Sally said, "My Jimmy had a heart of Gold, always thinking of someone
else and always wanting to help others if he could". Sally walked
out of the Children's Hospital for the last time now after spending
most of the last 6 months there. She sat the bag with Jimmy's things in it
on the seat beside of her in the car. The drive home was hard and it was
even harder to go into an empty house.
She took the bag to Jimmy's room and started placing the model cars and things back in his room
exactly where he always kept them. She laid down cross his bed and
cried herself to sleep holding his pillow. Sally woke up about midnight
and laying beside of her on the bed, was a letter folded up. She opened
the letter, it 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 because I'm
not around to say I LOVE YOU. I'll think of you every day mom and I'll
love you even more each day. Some day we will see each other again. If
you want to adopt a little boy so you won't be so lonely, he can have
my room and my old stuff to play with. If you decide to get a girl
instead, she probably wouldn't like the same things as us boys do, so you will
have to buy her dolls and stuff girls like. Don't be sad when you
think about me, this is really a great 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 here. The angels are so friendly, and I love
to watch them fly. Jesus doesn't look like any of the pictures I saw of
Him, but I knew it was Him as soon as I saw Him. Jesus 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. I told GOD that I wanted to write you a letter and
tell you good-bye and everything, but I knew that wasn't allowed. God
handed me some paper and His own personal pen to write you this letter
with. I think Gabriel is the name of the angel that 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 about... Where was He when I needed him? God
said, "The same place He was when Jesus was on the cross. He was right
there, as He always is with all His children. Oh, by the way Mom,
nobody else can see what is written on this paper but you. To everyone
else, it looks like a blank piece of paper. I have to give God His pen
back now, He has some more names to write 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. I almost forgot to let you know - Now 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 suffer the pain either, so He sent
The Angel of Mercy to get me. The Angel said I was Special Delivery!
Signed with love from: && Me