A Letter for Mama
Author: Unknown
Translator: Cipto Purnomo
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 across 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 your 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, 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:
God & Jesus & Me.
Reviews:
***** [Des 13, 2006] by Swingly K
This story is really touched my hearth. it is really producing positive
impacts on my dayly life
***** [Oct 19, 2006] by Pepeng
Papa Jesus akan give the best buat anak anaknya even kita nggak ngerti
maksudnya tapi percaya deh apapun yang dilakukannya itu yang terbaik bagi
kita GBU
***** [Sep 13, 2006] by Dix
mama saya adalah yg terbaik dan orang paling tabah sedunia... mungkin
orang2 melihat bagaimana dia dikecewakan papa, bagaimana dia membanting
tulang buat anaknya, bagaimana dia berusaha bertahan buat anak satu2nya...
jujur, sangat berat tugas seorang mama... ditinggal suami, anaksatu,
mencari uang untuk kehidupan sang anak... padahal anaknya tidak pernah bisa
berterimakasih... anaknya malah pernah mengecewakan mamanya... anaknya
mengambil 2 kuliah, namun gagal... lalu sang anak bertemu dengan wanita,
sang anak dng alasan ingin kuliah mengikuti wanita ini k jakarta. tak lama,
kira2 setahun 10 bulan sang anak cintanya kandas... namun mama memberi
kekuatan, doa, dan segala usahanya untuk membuat sang anak tetap berdiri
dengan tegak... entah bagaimana harus membalasnya... Tuhan memberikan aku
mama yg terbaik... all i can say is thanks God for giving me a very best mom..
***** [Feb 02, 2003] by Violet
A very good story. It’s really touching. When someone asks us, “Do you believe in God?”. We usually answer it loudly, “Yes, I do.” But when we are in a ‘very big trouble’ we used to ask these questions Where is God When It’s Hurt or Where is God When I Need Him? Read this story and you’ll find the answer. I know sometimes it’s very difficult to understand His Plan, but if you really believe Him then you should be patient. Someday you’ll understand that His Plan is always be the best for you.