Heart Touching Stories
The Flowers Part 1
Bobby was getting cold sitting out in his back yard
in the snow. Bobby didn't wear boots, he didn't like them
and anyway he didn't own any. The thin sneakers he wore
had a few holes in them and they did a poor job of keeping
out the cold.
Bobby had been in his backyard for about an hour already.
And, try as he might, he could not come up with an idea
for his mother's Christmas gift. He shook his head as
he thought, "This is useless, even if I do come up
with an idea, I don't have any money to spend."
Ever since his father had passed away three years ago,
the family of five had struggled. It wasn't because his
mother didn't care, or try, there just never seemed to
be enough. She worked nights at the hospital, but the
small wage that she was earning could only be stretched
so far.
What the family lacked in money and material things,
they more than made up for in love and family unity. Bobby
had two older and one younger sister, who ran the household
in their mother's absence.
All three of his sisters had already made beautiful gifts
for their mother. Somehow, it just wasn't fair. Here it
was Christmas Eve already, and he had nothing.
Wiping a tear from his eye, Bobby kicked the snow and
started to walk down to the street where the shops and
stores were. It wasn't easy being six without a father,
especially when he needed a man to talk to.
Bobby walked from shop to shop, looking into each decorated
window. Everything seemed so beautiful and so out of reach.
It was starting to get dark and Bobby reluctantly turned
to walk home when suddenly his eyes caught the glimmer
of the setting sun's rays reflecting off of something
along the curb. He reached down and discovered a shiny
dime.
Never before has anyone felt so wealthy as Bobby felt
at that moment. As he held his new found treasure, a warmth
spread throughout his entire body and he walked into the
first store he saw. His excitement quickly turned cold
when salesperson after salesperson told him that he could
not buy anything with only a dime.
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