Don't cry after reading this.......

[Mahesh Chowdary Kandru]

I was walking around in a

Big Bazar store making

shopping, when I saw

a Cashier talking to a boy

couldn't have been more

than5 or 6 years

old..

The Cashier said, 'I'm

sorry, but you don't have

enough money to buy

this doll. Then the little

boy turned to me and

asked: ''Uncle, are

you sure I don't have

enoughmoney?''

I counted his cash and

replied: ''You know that

you don't have enough

money to buy the doll,

my dear.'' 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 doll to. 'It's the doll

that my sister loved most

and wanted so

much . I wanted to Gift

her forher BIRTHDAY.

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.

Thelittle boy looked up at

me andsaid: 'I

told daddy to tell mommy

not to go yet. I need her

to wait until I

come back from the mall.'

Then he showed me a

very nice photo of him

where he was laughing.

He then told me 'I want

mommy totake my

picture with her so my

sister 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.

'Suppose we check

again, 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

his with out 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 last night

before I went to

sleep for God to make

sure I had enough money

to buy this doll, so

that mommy could 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.'

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

news paper article two

days ago, which

mentioned a drunkman in

a

truck, who hit a car

occupied by a young

woman and a littlegirl.

The

little girl died right away,

andthe mother was left in

a critical

state. The family had to

decide whether to pull

the plug on the

life-sustaining machine,

because the young

woman 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, Iread in the news

paper that the young

woman 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

womanwas exposed for

people to see and make

last wishes before her

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 for ever...

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 asecond, a

drunk driver had taken all

this away from him.

Please DO NOT DRINK &

DRIVE.

Now you have 2 choices:

1) Forward this message,

or

2) Ignore it as if it never

touched your heart.

For those who prefer to

thinkthat God is not

watching overus.... go

ahead and delete this. For

the rest of us..... pass this

on.

The value of a man or

womanresides in what he

or she gives, not in

what they are capable of

receiving......