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Dont Drink And Drive: Touching Story by pendusky(m): 9:46pm On Dec 14, 2012
When I heard of this story, I almost cried. I have decided to share it with you today. Share with others too.

TRUE STORY

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 than 5 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 enough money? 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 give her
for her 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. The
little boy looked up at me and
said: "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 to take 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
drunk man in a truck, who hit
a car occupied by a young
woman and a little girl. The little girl died right away, and
the 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, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.. I couldn't stop myself as I bought a bunch of white roses I went to the funeral home where the body of the young woman was 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 a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away fromhim.

Please Its FESTIVE PERIOD DO NOT DRINK & DRIVE.

Culled from FB.

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