[Ohio-Communities-of-Faith] FW: The Doll and the Rose

Sun Dec 19 18:33:25 UTC 2021

From: Larry Perry [mailto:larryperry at performancepress.ccsend.com] On Behalf Of Larry Perry
Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2021 12:11 PM
To: mmoore11 at kent.edu
Subject: EXT: The Doll and the Rose

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Letter from Larry

Sunday

December 19, 2021

Good Sunday Afternoon Everyone: 

As we approach Christmas and this loving time of the year, I have been 

sharing many of these popular Christmas stories with you. I hope that it 

helps everyone get in the Christmas spirit of sharing and loving others.

Today's is one of those stories. Enjoy. (Get out the tissue!)

The Doll and the Rose 

I was walking around in a store. I saw a cashier 

hand this little boy his money back saying "I'm 

sorry, but you don't have enough money to buy this

doll."

Then the little boy turned to the old woman

next to him: "Granny, are you sure I don't have

enough money?"

The old lady replied: "You know that you

don't have enough money to buy this doll, my dear."

Then she asked him to stay there for 5 Minutes 

while she went to look around. 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  give this doll to.

"It's the doll that my sister loved most and wanted 

so much for this Christmas. She was so sure that 

Santa Claus would bring it to her."

I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus will bring 

it to hereafter all, and not to worry.

But he replied to me sadly. "No, Santa Claus can't

bring it 

to her where she is now. I have to give the doll to my

mommy so that she can give it to my sister 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 that she 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 to go yet. I need her to 

wait until I come back from them all."

Then he showed me a very nice photo of him where

he was laughing. He then told me "I want Mommy 

to take my picture with her so she won't forget me."

"I love my Mommy and I wish she doesn't have 

to leave me, but daddy says that she 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. "What if we checked again, just in case you do have enough money?"

"OK" he said "I hope that I have enough." 

I added some of my money to his without him seeing 

and we started to count it. There was enough for 

the doll and 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 yesterday 

before I slept for God to make sure I have enough

money to buy this doll so that mommy can give it 

to my sister. He heard me!"

"I also wanted to have enough money to buy a

white rose for my mommy, but I didn't dare to ask

God for too much. But he gave me enough to buy the 

Doll and a white rose.''

"My mommy loves white roses."

A few minutes later, the old lady came again and

I left with my basket.

I finished my shopping in a totally different 

state from when I started. I couldn't get the 

little boy out of my mind.

Then I remembered a local newspaper article

2 days ago, which mentioned of a drunk man in a 

truck, who hit a car, where there was one young 

lady and a little girl.

The little girl died right away, and the Mother 

was left in a critical state. The family had to 

decide whether to pull the plug on the life-assisting machine, because the young lady 

would not be able to recover from the coma.  

Was this the family of the little boy?

Two days after this encounter with the little boy,

I read in the newspaper that the young lady had 

passed away.

I couldn't stop myself as I bought a bunch of white roses and I went to the funeral home where the body 

of the young woman was exposed for people to see 

and make last wish before burial.

She was there, in her coffin, holding a beautiful 

white rose in her hand with 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 this 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.

God can and will see you through this storm! 

Psalms 107:29

Think about this TODAY! 

Larry

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