Sunil Hariyani: I was walking around in a store. I saw a<\/p>\n
Cashier hand this little boy his money back saying
\n\u201cI\u2019m sorry, but you don\u2019t have enough
\nmoney to buy this doll.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then the little boy turned to the old woman
\nNext to him: \u201dGranny, are you sure I don\u2019t have
\nEnough money?\u201d<\/p>\n
The old lady replied: \u201dYou know that you
\nDon\u2019t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then she asked him to stay there for 5
\nMinutes while she went to look around. She left
\nQuickly.<\/p>\n
The little boy was still holding the doll in
\nHis hand.<\/p>\n
Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him
\nWho he wished to give this doll to.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the doll that my sister loved most and
\nWanted so much for this Christmas. She was so sure that Santa
\nClaus would bring it to her.\u201d<\/p>\n
I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus will
\nBring it to her after all, and not to worry.<\/p>\n
But he replied to me sadly. \u201cNo, Santa Claus
\nCan\u2019t bring it to her where she is now.<\/p>\n
I have to Give the doll to my mommy so that
\nshe can give it to My sister when she goes there.\u201d<\/p>\n
His eyes were so sad while saying this. \u201cMy
\nSister has gone to be with God.<\/p>\n
Daddy says that
\nMommy is going to see God very soon too, so I
\nThought that she could take the doll with her to
\nGive it to my sister.\u201d<\/p>\n
My heart nearly stopped.<\/p>\n
The little boy looked up at me and said:
\n\u201cI Told daddy to tell mommy not to go yet. I need her
\nTo wait until I come back from the mall.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then he showed me a very nice photo of him
\nWhere he was laughing. He then told me \u201cI want mommy
\nTo take my picture with her so she won\u2019t forget me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI love my mommy and I wish she doesn\u2019t have
\nTo leave me, but daddy says that she has to go to be
\nWith my little sister.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then he looked again at the doll with sad
\nEyes, very quietly.<\/p>\n
I quickly reached for my wallet and said to
\nThe boy. \u201cWhat if we checked again, just in case you
\nDo have enough money?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOk\u201d he said \u201cI hope that I have enough.\u201dI
\nAdded some of my money to his without him seeing and
\nWe started to count it. There was enough for the
\nDoll and even some spare money.<\/p>\n
The little boy said: \u201cThank you God for
\nGiving me enough money!\u201d<\/p>\n
Then he looked at me and added \u201cI asked
\nYesterday before I slept for God to make sure I have
\nEnough money to buy this doll so that mommy can give
\nIt to my sister. He heard me!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI also wanted to have enough money to buy a
\nWhite rose for my mommy, but I didn\u2019t dare to ask
\nGod for too much. But He gave me enough to buy the
\nDoll and a white rose.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy mommy loves white roses.\u201d<\/p>\n
A few minutes later, the old lady came again
\nAnd I left with my basket.<\/p>\n
I finished my shopping in a totally
\nDifferent state from when I started. I couldn\u2019t get the little boy
\nOut of my mind.<\/p>\n
Then I remembered a local newspaper article
\n2 days ago, which mentioned of a drunk man in a truck, who hit
\nA car, where there was one young lady and a little girl.<\/p>\n
The little girl died right away, and the
\nMother was left in a critical state. The family had<\/p>\n
To decide whether to pull the plug on the
\nLife-assisting machine, because the young lady would<\/p>\n
Not be able to recover from the coma.
\nWas this the family of the little boy?<\/p>\n
Two days after this encounter with the
\nLittle boy, I read in the newspaper that the young
\nLady had passed away.<\/p>\n
I couldn\u2019t stop myself as I bought a bunch
\nOf white roses and I went to the funeral home where<\/p>\n
The body of the young woman was exposed for people
\nTo see and make last wishes before burial.<\/p>\n
She was there, in her coffin, holding a
\nBeautiful white rose in her hand with the photo of
\nThe little boy and the doll placed over her chest.<\/p>\n
I left the place, teary-eyed, feeling that
\nMy life had been changed forever. The love that this<\/p>\n
Little boy had for his mother and his sister is
\nStill, to this day, hard to imagine.<\/p>\n
And in a Fraction of a second, a drunk
\ndriver had taken all This away from him . . .<\/p>\n
—
\nSunil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sunil Hariyani: I was walking around in a store. I saw a<\/p>\n
Cashier hand this little boy his money back saying
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