Tuesday, November 19, 2019

A Sister's Life Changing Experience Of Faith And Hope Part Seven

Today, I'm getting ready for school and my dad has gone to work. My mother is still sleeping and my sister is awake. I ask if I can make her any breakfast and she says she's not hungry yet, just tired. I understand because of everything she's been through. I ask if she would like some water and she shakes her head no, and tells me that she's just going to get a little extra sleep for a few minutes. So, I decide to eat breakfast and then finish getting ready. I'm just about to head out the door as my mom stops me for a second. She tells me to sit down a minute but I try to explain I'll be late if I sit anymore. She says it will only take a second. I sit down. She walks into a different part of the house and as I can't see what she's doing, I can only think of gently and quietly sneaking out the front door before she comes back into the room. I'm just about to get up when I see she's coming back. So the only logical and reasonable thing I can think of doing is to sit back down. She sees I am sitting just like I was before she can even tell that I was going to leave. Mom then tells me she was going to give me this when the time was right, but she thinks now is a good time. I take the box that is colorfully wrapped, and I open it. When I see what's in front of me I cry but I cry tears of happiness. I don't know what to say because I'm speechless. If I were to tell you what I got you would think it might be silly or crazy, but to me it's a gift of thankfulness and it came from the heart. It came from my mom's heart because she made it. She made it with love and care. She decided to give it to me now, because she wanted this to be a special moment between the two of us. She tells me that there is more. When I ask how there could be more, she just tells me that I have to wait till dad is home from work and when I get back from school today. She now has me curious but I know I need to be patient and wait. Although some of you are probably wondering what my gift was from my mother and well the gift was a photo blanket. A photo blanket of our family together and a special photo of my sister and I in our room we shared growing up. Along with the photo blanket there was a sweater that read: Best Sister in the world to deserve an honor of watching out for a younger sibling. I know what you all must be thinking now, how could a sweater be able to have that much lettering. Well it has that much because my mom made it for me. Anyway, my mom says I better go but we'll spend more time together with dad, and my sister when I get back. So I go to school, and the principal stops me. I think oh no, I'm going to get my first detention for being late but I'm not. In fact the principal wanted to know how I would like to be the school's honorary leader for the program we have for those with special needs. I accept and with my sister coming back tomorrow, both of us will have our thing. I'll be making a difference in children's lives by teaching them about kindness and growth and my sister will be doing her Christmas Spirit Cheerleader routines again, since she's been out of school for a bit. I tell the principal thank you for the opportunity and then I go on my way to my very first class of the day. There isn't a half day today, so I go to all my classes, including lunch and then I head to the gym to do the routine with the group of girls my sister has known since we've been in this school, and then I go home. Finally, as I got home my dad was there home from work. My sister was up, and it looks like my mom and her had just finished doing all the schoolwork she missed, while being in the hospital. I put my book bag down a minute, as my parents give me something together. They tell me that this is the last thing they have for me, and it's nothing big, just a little something they thought I would enjoy having. So I open it up, and this time it's a scarlet and silver locket that is in the shape of a pink heart, and inside is a photo of my parents, myself and my sister. They thought I could wear it, so I would always remember how much family is important. Then out of nowhere, my sister gives something to my mom, and my mom hands it to me. My mom said when my sister couldn't move well or talk well because it hurt,  she could see it in my sister's eyes and expression that she wanted me to have something that she thought would be the perfect gift. So I open it and inside the box, was a beautiful charm bracelet. My mom said it wasn't made by her or dad, but I knew that it had come from the gift shop, but I could tell there was an angel charm on there with my name engraved in it. My mom then told me she had a lady in the gift shop make it special, because she knew my sister would have wanted me to have something that would make her feel special for what she did for her. I cried more tears of happiness but then I saw something that I've never seen happen in my life.

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