STACEY'S STAR

ONCE UPON A TIME...

VERY LONG AGO; 

THERE WAS A STAR 

THAT SHONE VERY BRIGHTLY 

IN THE HEAVENS. 

IT SEEMED TO SHINE MUCH BRIGHTER 

THEN ANY OF THE OTHER STARS. 

MANY PEOPLE ON EARTH 

NOTICED THIS BRIGHTLY SHINING STAR 

AND DECIDED 

THAT ALTHOUGH IT WAS VERY TINY, 

COMPARED TO ALL OF THE OTHERS;

 IT WAS STILL MOST BRIGHT. 

CHILDREN AND ADULTS ALIKE 

TRULY LOVED THIS TINY STAR; 

AND FLOCKED OUTSIDE

 EVERY EVENING 

JUST TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF IT.

EVERY NIGHT 

THE TINY LITTLE STAR 

WOULD THINK TO ITSELF:::

" I WOULD TRULY LIKE TO LEAVE THESE HEAVENS 

AND GO TO VISIT ALL OF MY NEW FRIENDS ON EARTH....

FINALLY 

THE TINY STAR COULD STAND IT NO LONGER. 

HE WENT AND SPOKE TO 

THE OLD MAN IN THE "MOON".

HE PLEADED WITH HIM 

TO HELP HIM FIND A WAY TO VISIT EARTH. 

THE MAN IN THE MOON TOLD THE TINY STAR: 

IF YOU FALL TO EARTH, 

YOU WILL JUST BURN UP ON THE TRIP, 

AND BY THE TIME YOU REACHED EARTH 

YOU WOULD BE NOTHING MORE 

THEN A BURNING PILE OF ASHES.....

THIS WAS A TERRIBLE THING.

 THE TINY STAR 

THEN WENT TO SEE THE "SUN".

SURELY 

THE SUN IS WISE 

AND WILL KNOW A WAY 

THAT I CAN VISIT MY FRIENDS ON EARTH. 

THE SUN HAD A GLORIOUS IDEA... 

SHE TOLD THE TINY STAR: 

" IF YOU AGREE TO LIVE IN THE HEART OF A NEWBORN CHILD; 

I WILL ALLOW YOU TO VISIT FOR A BRIEF TIME ON EARTH...

BUT YOU MUST AGREE 

TO LET YOUR BEAUTIFUL SHINING LIGHT 

GLOW IN THIS CHILDS HEART"....

ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO WILL COME TO KNOW THIS CHILD 

WILL SURELY SEE 

THAT SHE IS VERY SPECIAL.

SHE WILL HAVE THE BEAUTY 

OF YOUR BRIGHT LIGHT 

GLOWING WITHIN HER, 

AND 

TOUCH MANY HEARTS. 

SO 

YOU WILL BE MEETING MANY NEW FRIENDS 

ON YOUR VISIT TO EARTH. 

THE "SUN" THEN ASKED THE TINY STAR 

IF IT AGREED TO THE TERMS. 

THE STAR 

WAS BURSTING WITH JOY, 

AT THE SOLUTION TO HIS PROBLEM.

THE STAR 

WENT DOWN TO EARTH 

TO LIVE IN A NEWBORN LITTLE GIRLS HEART. 

HER NAME WAS

" STACEY "

 SHE GREW UP INTO A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, 

AND TOUCHED MANY PEOPLES LIVES 

WHO CAME TO KNOW HER. 

EVERYONE THAT EVER MET HER 

KNEW THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING 

VERY DIFFERENT AND SPECIAL ABOUT HER.

SHE GLOWED WITH A BEAUTY 

THAT WAS LIKE NONE THEY HAD EVER SEEN... 

THE DARKEST ROOMS 

WERE LIT UP 

WITH HER SMILE AND PRESENCE. 

ALL WHO EVER CAME TO KNOW HER, 

LOVED HER VERY, VERY MUCH. 

PEOPLE 

THAT WERE SAD OR LONELY 

ALWAYS FELT

 THE "LIGHT" OF HER GOODNESS AND LOVE.

THE TINY STAR 

WAS VERY HAPPY IN HIS JOURNEY, 

AND WAS MAKING SO MANY NEW FRIENDS. 

BUT 

THE "SUN" SAID 

THAT THE TINY STAR 

WAS NEEDED BACK IN THE HEAVENS. 

THE TINY STAR GREW VERY SAD, 

AND DID NOT WANT TO LEAVE. 

HE WAS VERY HAPPY LIVING IN HIS NEW HOME. 

YET, 

WHEN THE SUN EXPLAINED 

TO THE TINY STAR, 

THAT

  STACEY

COULD NOW TOUCH EVERY HEART 

WITHOUT HIM ....

BECAUSE

 HIS LIGHT 

HAD GROWN INTO HER SOUL.

IT WAS ONLY THEN 

THE TINY STAR AGREED 

TO GO BACK HOME 

TO THE HEAVENS.

 HE WHISPERED 

HIS GOOD-BYES TO

 STACEY

AND

 THEY WALKED SLOWLY INTO THE NIGHT.......

HE FLEW  INTO THE HEAVENS HIGH ABOVE.

 HE THOUGHT TO HIMSELF::: 

"I HOPE AND I PRAY 

THAT WHENEVER MY BEST FRIEND, 

" STACEY "

SEES A "SHOOTING STAR" 

SHE WILL STOP AND REMEMBER ME. 

BECAUSE A PART OF THIS TINY LITTLE STAR 

IS LIVING INSIDE OF HER SOUL...

FOREVER AND EVER.

THE END IS NEVER

For My Angel Stacey

My Shining Star in the darkest of nights.

BY: PAM GALLO 

DREAMER

COPYRIGHT: 1999

Re Edited 2006

SPECIAL NOTE:

Over the years, many people have written to me asking for permission

to use this little story as a bedtime story for their own children, by substituting

their own Childs name where Stacey's  is...

Of course the answer is YES.

Please feel free to print this out and use it for your own Special Little Angel.

My Gift to Them with Love.