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 is
>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 you're 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. Someday 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, and 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. 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.
>Special Delivery!
>Signed with love from:
>
>God &Jesus &Me.