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"Do you like my dress?" she asked of a passing stranger.
"My mommy made it just for me." She said with a tear in her eye.
"Well, I think it's very pretty, so tell me little one, why are
you crying?"
With a quiver in her voice the little girl answered. "After
Mommy made me this dress, she had to go away."
"Well, now," said the lady, "with a little girl like you waiting
for her, I'm sure she'll be right back."
"No ma'am, you don't understand," said the child through her
tears, "my Daddy said that she's up in heaven now with Grandfather."
Finally the woman realized what the child meant, and why she was
crying.
Kneeling down she gently cradled the child in her arms
and together they cried for the mommy that was gone. Then suddenly
the little girl did something that the woman thought was a bit
strange. She stopped crying, stepped back from the woman and began
to sing. She sang so softly that it was almost a whisper. It was
the sweetest sound the woman had ever heard, almost like the song
of a very small bird.
After the child stopped singing she explained to the lady, "My
mommy used to sing that song to me before she went away, and she
made me promise to sing it whenever I started crying and it would
make me stop. See," she exclaimed, "It did, and now my eyes are dry!"
As the woman turned to go, the little girl grabbed her sleeve,
"Lady, can you stay just a minute? I want to show you something."
"Of course," she answered, "what do you want me to see?"
Pointing to a spot on her dress, she said, "Right here is where my
Mommy kissed my dress, and here," pointing to another spot, "and
here is another kiss, and here, and here," 'Mommy said that she
put all those kisses on my dress so that I would have her kisses
for every boo-boo that made me cry."
Then the lady realized that she wasn't just looking at a dress,
no, she was looking at a Mother who knew that she was going away
and would not be there to kiss away the hurts that she knew her
daughter would get. So she took all the love she had for her
beautiful little girl and put them into this dress, that her child
now so proudly wore. She no longer saw a little girl in a simple
dress, she saw a child wrapped in her Mother's love.
I ASKED THE LORD TO BLESS YOU
I asked the Lord to bless you
As I prayed for you today,
To guide you and protect you
As you go along your way.
His love is always with you
His promises are true,
And when we give Him all our cares
You know He will see us through.
So when the road you're traveling on
Seems difficult at best.
Just remember I'm here praying
And God will do the rest.
This world can never have too many blessings.
Do what you can, for who you can, with what you have,
and where you are. |
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