Don't Blink

I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a cashier hand this little boy some money back. The 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 the old woman next to him: ”Granny, are you sure I don’t have enough money?” The old lady replied: ”You know that you don’t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear.” Then she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look a round. She left quickly. 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 for Christmas. She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her.” I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her afterall, and not to worry. But he replied to me sadly. “No, Santa Claus can’t bring it to her where she is now. 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 she 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 without 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.” A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket. 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 newspaper 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 newspaper that the young woman had passed away. I couldn’t stop myself as I bought a bunch of white roses and 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 forever.. 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 from him. Now you have 2 choices: 1) Reblog this message. 2) Ignore it as if it never touched your heart

Sun, 16 Dec 2012 01:47:26 -0500

live-and-become:

brought me to tears….. if you don’t reblog this, there is something wrong with you :*)

actually crying right now.

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isntthatwizard: Doctor Who has never pretended to be hard...

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isntthatwizard:

Doctor Who has never pretended to be hard science fiction … At best Doctor Who is a fairytale, with fairytale logic about this wonderful man in this big blue box who at the beginning of every story lands somewhere where there is a problem. - neil gaiman

elizabethbartlet: #this is painful #like more painful than...

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 08:02:31 -0500

elizabethbartlet:

#this is painful #like more painful than other gifsets from tatm #because river#like river had to watch her mother watch her husband die #and then she had to watch her husband watch her mother die #and she always had to be the strong one

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pleatedjeans: It was only a kiss… It was only a kiss…

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 04:26:20 -0400

pleatedjeans:

It was only a kiss…

It was only a kiss…

serenity2bliss: Rose: You’re still you? Doctor: I’m still me.

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 04:26:16 -0400

serenity2bliss:

Rose: You’re still you?

Doctor: I’m still me.

Each companion is different, and the Doctor loves them all in...

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 04:23:27 -0400

Each companion is different, and the Doctor loves them all in completely different ways…

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Fri, 02 Nov 2012 04:23:04 -0400

“My friends have always been the best of me.”

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“My friends have always been the best of me.”

burdge: Do you know what I think? I think you’re experiencing...

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 17:58:28 -0400

burdge:

Do you know what I think? I think you’re experiencing ‘Captain Envy’. You’ll find your feet at the end of your legs. You may care to move them.

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tylersrose: carocito: The Weeping Angels; the lonely assassins...

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 17:58:12 -0400

The lonely assassins they used to be cal

tylersrose:

carocito:

The Weeping Angels; the lonely assassins they used to be called.

Don’t blink, don’t even blink! Blink and you’re dead. They’re fast, faster than you can believe. Don’t turn your back, don’t look away and don’t blink! Good luck.

Creepiest monsters in the whole show.

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bakerstreettardis: captain-sherloki: aslytherinsuperwholockian:...

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 00:48:48 -0400

bakerstreettardis:

captain-sherloki:

aslytherinsuperwholockian:

been-ironik:

asherlockian:

ourveryend:

rubywhiterabbit:

localshopofhorrors:

CALLING ALL WHOVIANS. STAND FOR YOUR SONG.

I just saluted my laptop

DOCTOR WHOOOOOOO OOOOH (HEY)

DOCTOR WHOOOOOOO OOOOH (HEY)

THE TARDIIIIIIS

DOCTOOOR WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO

DON’T MIND ME I’M JUST CASUALLY SINGING ALONG WITH THIS SONG

LET ME PLAY THE SONG OF MY PEOPLE

/downloads and puts on repeat ;)

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