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 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.”
Sally 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.”
Sally 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 Sally. 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 Jimmy 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 Jimmy had a heart of gold. Always thinking of someone else. Always wanting to help others if he could.”
Sally 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 Jimmy’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 Jimmy’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 laid down across his bed and, hugging his pillow, cried herself to sleep.
It was around midnight when Sally awoke. Laying 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.”
Author Unknown
I loved this story…..very very nice…….
By the end I was left with tears in my eyes………
It’s awesome..touched my heart.
Heart touching…like it.
What a mind he has! Thx to the author.
It is just enough, you be like the little boy, pure, kind and open-minded, believe it or not you can see God here, in this varible world and shine as the brightest star for your beloved (God).
Thanks, this helped me because my lovely grandma left this world because of cancer, and now I’m happy because she’s not in pain anymore.
This was a truly amazing story…I lost my brother and my best friend to cancer…I didn’t get a letter like Sally but I know he’s with me and he always will be….Truly an amazing story…very heart touching..:)
Oh my God.. I cried after reading this.. really very nice.. this makes me feel different from the moment I read it..
Thank you so much for such a nice story.. God bless you..
It’s really a very nice story, I felt so happy after read this.
Thank You So Much.
God is not in the sky, is not in the earth, now, before and in the future is in your heart.
Life is soo beautiful God. Tears rolled down, amazing, just amazing.
Very good story, not because it’s touching, bcz it makes me cry so much. Love u God…
This really helped me picture out the place where they are now and it is paradise. It is relieving to know that there’s no hurt there and that they get to sit down with God and feel special.
It helped me accept the scar and believe that God always has a reason for everything. He is always there and He loves us so much.
The story is sad and touching, but, we believe that no more contact from God to people after prophets are all gone. The only messages from the almighty to people come through almighty’s messengers. No letters no words direct from God to any one anymore. People can and would dream about their dead loved ones and may have contact with their souls but God doesn’t send letters.
Also, I read some comments about ‘God could not help the boy or why kids should suffer’. God can do whatever He wishes, however all people will meet their faith, they all will die. No one knows or can judge where, in heaven or hell, his loved ones are, nor anyone else for that matter. It is your belief and good deed or bad deed that puts you in here or there, of course after his almighty’s mercy..
It is a great story, so true bringing out the aspect of life. Guaranteed to melt even the hardest heart.
It was so beautiful, I cried from the time sally found the letter until the end. Thanks.
I was just going to cry.
Ohh what a story, really touched.
I have read all the comments but I feel sad that none of the readers have grasped the moral of the story – emulate what the little Jimmy has done donate your body organs for giving a new life to another human being.
The story is so very awesome, heart touching.
The other dimension presented here opens up my mind to the possible reasons of things hard to understand in man’s point of view.
Superb story!! I really love it………….hatz off to the author.
This makes me cry. Such a touching story.
Wonderful… I just cried… superb story..
Awwwwwwww how sweet ^_^
Honestly, I cried. I am a very sensitive person, but this story was worth the tears. God Bless You All. 🙂
I can’t control my tears.
My tear is wepting ..what a very inspiring story, it’s like a true story in real life.
Simply superb……
Heart touching story.
Ohhh such a heart touching story…..!!!
This is awesome, really heart touching. I wish I could see that letter.
Tears rolled down my cheeks while reading this story…took me back to a few months ago when my two year old neice left this world because of leukemia. I hope she is with that little boy playing around and dancing as she always used to do..
Yes, it’s true that God doesn’t like to see His creation i.e. us suffer. That is why He does something reallly good in our favour which we don’t understand, but in the long span of time we realize that it was God’s will and probably it was the best possible option for us, bcoz it is HE who knows everything and HE is the master of everthing……
Awesome story……. Am going to share with all of my friends. God’s love is so great!!!
Awesome and touching story
Really its a wonderful story.. I Loved it..
It’s heart touching story. I really like this story…
God is always there for us!
Completely breath-taking. Couldn’t stop till the end.
It is so emotional and heart touching story.
Heart touching!!!
It is a touching real story. I need stories like this… the best story I have ever read!
I just want to say that this story brought tears to my eyes and I am going to share this story with my class. 🙂
Very good story. I like it & will never forget it.
Wonderful story which tells us that pain and sufferings are part of life and death the last enemy but still hope faith and goodness are the greatest of all loved it. Whoever is the writer, salutes to him.
Gr8 story I will to live forever after donating my body part so that after my die also I will live.
A very nice story!!! It makes me feel better…..
I love this story.
It takes faith to assure us that life is worth more than what we can experience with our sensations. Though the writing is a little playful, I believe it makes great sense to the spiritual connection between God and man. And at points, we as parents, brothers, and friends need to accept such truth that our loved ones are at peace with god as they depart from us. Despite their absences (nothingness), it proves even more strongly that they are free from the bondage of this sick world. Unlike all of us who are reading this story, Yes, they are truly free.
Thanks for the message anyways. Please keep sharing this thought to your folks.
When I read this story the way author get discribe the loving relationship between the mother and son it’s amazing and my words are not enough to define my feeling. Just speechless I literally cry. I can’t tell you what I feel at that point of time. HATS OFF to you mister author.
How great! God is the most powerfull to all powerfull in the whole world…….learn to do pleasant thing while still alive to become one of those who will enter his paradise…I was touch and cried while reading because I feel happy for the little boy…….Good luck and more power….!
Touching story
Heart-touching story. I liked it.
This story deeply touched my heart. It really reminded me that wherever I am and whatever I have in my life I must not be worried about even I encounter problems because God my Creator is always there guiding me…
I thank you for this very wonderful and meaningful story …
I want to cry because of this story.
So very touching story……..
Almighty is always wonderful
I love you God…!!!
This writing is fantasic!!!!
Used to think about death, it is more painful..but aftert reading this story I realized that GOD is there to support you, love you, care for you, help you, guide you with LIFE and after LIFE as well..keep publishing more stories like this.. God bless you.
Really loved it
The story is all with lots of love, affection, sacrifice, care for others, to be of use to university to cause a noble discovery that may help the coming generation, and above all the intimacy and love between the mom and son – very much inspiring ang heart touching, we are filled with tears in our eyes blurring our vision. We too join the mom in blaming the God – Where were you when they needed you most?
Hey it is my first time that I am commenting on anyone’s story… unbelievable…. it made me cry and I don’t believe my self that I actually cried…. well it is really a heart touching story…
Super great story 🙂
It’s really heart touching story…body will die but soul remains forever…do something such a way that people should cry when u leave this beautiful world…
It is incredible…he is not dead he alive forever…
Thank you for sharing this story…
This story brought tears to my eyes . A wonderful story .
Now I know where my sister is.
I love u Jesus.
Awesome!
superb………..
Thank you for sharing this story. It made me cry & smile at the same time.
Wow!! This is really awesome….heart touching…Super like!!!
One of the best stories I have ever read.
Some moments of our life are very hard and painful. I realise these situations should be faced or tackled with happily and we should remember GOD…..
It’s really a touching story. It makes me to think positive. I am really impressed.