The Sweet Little Girl

Today in this world full of living beings we don’t get much kindness to be seen. I think this is all because of the change in behaviour of human being towards the other living creatures. I am thankful to God that once I was given a chance to show other person that kindness still prevails. I still remember those snowy days when I used to come back home after my night shift. I always find a girl about 16 years of age sitting on a bench present at the side of road. she used to sit without any warm clothes. I thought where is her family and why is she always sitting alone. Just looking at her broken, sad and innocent face, I so badly wanted to help her because I knew something was wrong with this girl but I thought what will she think about me. I don’t want to scare her. One day I gathered enough courage to talk with her, I stopped my car just in front of her and headed outside to the bench where she was sitting. I asked her what’s her name? To which she replied very sweetly that her name is Evelyn Brooke.

"What are you doing outside in this freezing weather?"

She looked at me with those sad eyes and replied that she has no home and her parents didn’t want her.

I was shocked to hear that her parents don’t want her. I mean what kind of parents are they if they cannot even love their own blood. I knew there is more to her story, started consoling her and gave her a motherly hug.

I asked her why her parents don’t want her? She told me she has cancer which is at its second stage. Her parents said that they cannot afford anymore money for her treatment as they have to save money for her younger siblings also.

I could have never imagine that this much sorrowful things had happen with this small girl at such a young age. Hearing her dejected story brought tears in my eyes and at that moment I knew that I have to show this little girl that this whole world is not filled with such nasty people and there are some which have good hearts. I told her to come to my home with me. She was reluctant to go but at last I managed to convince her to stay at my place rather than sitting in cold here. The day she came with me to my house I took care of her as if she is my own daughter. I gave her everything which she was going to need. We regularly started visiting doctors for her daily check-up to know how fast cancer was spreading. I started paying for her medical bills.

She was having so much self-respect that she decided not to take money from me for her medications but I insisted her to take help and told her that she is my daughter and it's my duty to keep her safe and happy. Hearing those words from me brought unstoppable tears to her eyes and she hugged me very tightly. After 2 months of her living with me in my house she was finally able to come out of her depressed state. But one night she got very sick I immediately called 911 and they took her to their van and I was sitting beside her holding her hand saying soothing words to her. But she knew she won't be able to make it out of this one. Before we were even able to reach hospital she died holding my hand.

After her funeral I went to her room, I was already missing her. I was sitting on her bed when my eyes caught a site of her diary. I opened it and read something which was so much heart touching.

Dear mother,

I know I won't be able to live most of my life with you. The day you came into my life was the best day and a good thing happen to me after long time. You taught me one important lesson of my life that relations are not made by blood they are made by love and care. Before meeting you I was already half dead because I was just breathing physically but dead emotionally. You showed me the kindness that no one else had ever shown to me. I just want to thank God that he sent you in last days of my life. If God really exists, I want him to make you my biological mother in my next life if that’s even possible. I love you mom and I am going to miss you a lot after I die.

With love I wish you have a better life ahead and you get a good loving husband who'll treat you like his queen because you deserve so much in this life.

Your daughter,

Evelyn