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 siad' "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 univeristy." Sally asked the nurse to stay with her while she said good-bye to her son. She ran her fingers lovingly through his thick black 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's 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 spoend 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 ime after spending most of the last six months there. she put the bag with Jimmy's belongings on the seat besides 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 plastice bag withthe 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 wil 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 soo cool. I love to watch them fly, and you know what? God doesn't look like any of his pictures. yet, when I saw him, I knew it was him. God 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 writ 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 pen to write you this letter. I think urbashil is the name of the angel whos 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 he was in earth, He was right ther, as he alwasy is with all of his children. Oh, by the way, Mom, no one else can see what I've written except for 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 GOD 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 stnad theat 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 and get me....The angel said I was a Special Delivery!!!!