There was a lady who was pregnant who went in to have some tests done. Once the results were in the doctors warned her that there would be complications with her baby. As they predicted the little girl was born premature and she was paralyzed from the waist down. The doctors wondered if she would have any brain complications. As it turned out she was a very smart girl, but she was confined to a wheelchair. She did not let that bring her down. When she was eight she got her neighbours together to help her surprise her parents on their wedding anniversary. She was a very caring soul. One day a lady seeing her said,"oh how unfortunate that you are sick" and the little girl replied, "mam last week I had a bit of a cold, but that’s over now, so I am very healthy".
One day she was crossing the street with her mother when an unexpected car ran into them. Only one ambulance came to the scene. She told the paramedic, "please take my mom she needs the medical attention really fast or she will die". Assessing the situation the paramedics took the mother to the hospital, and the little girl, although she fought for her life, unfortunately was not able to pull through.
During her funeral many letters were read from many different countries, because as it turns out this little girl had a heart of gold and was devoted to being an advocate for little children who could not help themselves. Whether it was selling balloons for kids in an orphanage in Spain, or writing letters to children in hospitals in Portugal, she always wanted to be of some comfort to other children.
While she was alive one person commented on how sad it was that she was not able to dance, and she just replied, "I have the best chariot anyone can ask for, one day in heaven I will dance, but till then I have the best set of wheels".
I apologize my retelling skills are not that great, but this story seemed worth passing on. I have taken many things from it. But it is children like this little girl that are such an inspiration to me. Children in general are so beautiful, but I find it is the most glorious thing when those children, or even people in general who seem to us, to be so different and "unfortunate" are in fact so far ahead of us all. I believe that things for this little girl were not all rosy, and I am sure she had low moments. But her perservance and optimism is extremely amazing. In essence maybe the "limitations" that we feel that we have are in fact gifts that we can use.
well said mon petit chou
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