Mother 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 all right? When can I see him?'
The surgeon said, 'I'm sorry.. We did all we could, but your boy didn't make it.'
Mother said, 'Why do little children get cancer?  Doesn't  God care any more? Where were you, God, when my son needed you?' 
The surgeon asked, 'Would you like some time alone with your son? One of the nurses will be out in a few minutes, before he's transported to the university..'
Mother asked  the nurse to stay with her while she said good bye to son. She ran her  fingers  lovingly through his thick red curly hair. 'Would you like a lock of his  hair?'  the nurse asked. Sally nodded yes. The nurse cut a lock of the boy's  hair, put  it in a plastic bag and handed it to his mother. 
The mother said, 'It was Jimmy's idea to donate his body to the University for Study. He said it might help somebody else. 'I said no at first, but her son said, 'Mom, I won't be using it after I die. Maybe it will help some other little boy spend one more day with his Mom.' She went on, 'My son had a heart of gold. Always thinking of someone else. Always wanting to help others if he could.'
Mother walked  out of Children's Mercy Hospital for the last time, after spending most  of the  last six months there. She put the bag with son's belongings on the  seat  beside her in the car. 
The drive home was difficult. It was even harder to enter the empty house. She carried her son's belongings, and the plastic bag with the lock of his hair to her son's room.
She started  placing the model cars and other personal things back in his room  exactly where  he had always kept them She lay down across his bed and, hugging his  pillow,  cried herself to sleep. 
It was around midnight when mother awoke. Lying beside her on the bed was a folded letter. The letter said:
'Dear Mom,
I know you're  going to miss me; but don't think that I will ever forget you, or stop  loving  you, just 'cause I'm not around to say 'I Love You'. I will always love  you,  Mom, even more with each day.. Someday we will see each other again.  Until then,  if you want to adopt a little boy so you won't be so lonely, that's okay  with  me. He can have my room and old stuff to play with. But, if you decide  to get a  girl instead, she probably wouldn't like the same things us boys do.  You'll have  to buy her dolls and stuff girls like, you know. 
Don't be sad thinking about me. This really is a neat 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. The angels are so cool. I love to watch them fly. And, you know what? Jesus doesn't look like any of his pictures. Yet, when I saw Him, I knew it was Him. Jesus himself 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. That's when I told Him that I wanted to write you a letter, to tell you good bye and everything. But I already knew that wasn't allowed. Well, you know what Mom? God handed me some paper and His own personal pen to write you this letter I think Gabriel is the name of the angel who 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 'where was He when I needed him?' 'God said He was in the same place with me, as when His son Jesus was on the cross. He was right there, as He always is with all His children.
Oh, by the  way, Mom, no one else can see what I've written except you. To everyone  else  this is just a blank piece of paper. Isn't that cool? I have to give God  His pen  back now He needs it to write some more names 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.  
Oh, I almost forgot to tell you. 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 hurt so much, either. That's when He sent The Angel of Mercy to come get me. The Angel said I was a Special Delivery! How about that?
Signed with Love from God, Jesus & Me.
 
 
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