A Mother's Words
The news is not good. My wife's treatments have failed. The truth is that Joyce is dying. I don't believe in miracles. I'm a pragmatist. I love my wife yet feel so helpless and useless.
"Life is precious to us, and time is a gift from God. Remember the good days", Joyce says to her daughter and husband. "Alice, my precious daughter, life is a wonderful thing waiting for you to unlock its mysteries. So, do not fear losing me. I will always be with you in spirit."
"What's a spirit, Mommy?"
"Look at the wind, Sweetie."
With a tender laugh, Alice says, "You know that you can't see the wind, Mommy."
Yoko Ono said that when the trees bow down their heads, the wind is passing by.
"So, is the wind a spirit, Mommy?"
"No, but you can feel spirits around you, just like you can feel the wind."
"Don't go away, Mommy. I need you."
"I have to, my baby. It's my time to go to Heaven."
After the funeral, the psychiatrist said that Alice will talk again, that her condition is only temporary "She has a psychosomatic disorder."
Alice used to be a friendly, talkative girl, but since her mother died, she has fallen silent. Her toys are untouched, she refuses to watch television, her schoolwork is failing, and she will not eat. Her condition is dismal. Visiting the psychiatrist every Monday is not producing any positive results. The loss of her mother is overwhelming to the child, and her condition is quickly worsening.
Three weeks later, Alice has to be committed to an acute treatment facility. Her anorexia is critical; a feeding tube and an IV are necessary to keep her alive.
Frustrated at her lack of progress, her father, against his practical judgement, decides to hire a spiritualist to work with his child. The father reasons this out with the doctor, and tells him that a sooth-sayer cannot hurt his daughter at this point in time...
Sister Theresa used to be a Catholic nun. Her proclivity to the spirit world caused her to be excommunicated from the church. She is now a well-known spiritualist that makes frequent appearances on various talk shows in the U.S. and Europe.
Sister Theresa says, "I feel a strong presence around your daughter. Everyone please leave the room."
"Alice, I'm going to help you. I know what's wrong, and I will make you better."
Alice gazes at this peculiar lady with sunken, distant eyes and thinks, "Who is this strange woman? And, how is she going to help me?"
"Your mother is very close by, Alice. You can't see her, but she wants you to know that she loves you and misses you with all of her heart. She wants me to open the window for you."
Opening the window, Sister Theresa notices thunder clouds looming overhead with lightening and thunder in the distance with strong gusts of wind.
Suddenly, a strong gust blows leaves inside the room, swirling around Alice's bed like a cyclone. Leaves swirled around the entire room.
Alice's eyes widen, and she sat straight up in bed and screams, "Mommy! "
With considerable effort, Sister Theresa helps Alice to walk to the window to look outside.
Alice felt the wind and rain on her face, and as she looks out at the wind-blown trees, she says, "I can see you, Mommy. The trees are bowing their heads."
Crying, Alice pleads, "Please Mommy, never leave me again. I love you with all my heart. I miss you, Mommy!"
