Tuesday, August 22, 2006
August 22nd... Tuesday.

The 26-year-old mother looked at her son who was dying of terminal leukemia. Although her heart was filled with sadness, she had a strong sense of determination to let her son live his dreams. But she knew that the leukemia would see that it would not be possible. But still she wanted her son's dreams to come true.

She took her son's hand and asked, " Bopsy, did you ever think about what you wanted to be when you grew up?'
" Mommy, i always wanted to be a fireman when i grew up."

Mom smiled back and said, " Let's see if we can make your wish come true."

Later that day she went to her local fire department, where she met Fireman Bob. She explained her son's final wish and asked if it would be possible for him to ride around the block on a fire engine.

Fireman Bob said, " We could do better than that. If you can get your son ready by 7 o' clock Wednesday morning, we will make him an honorary fireman for the whole day!"

And they did, giving him his own fire uniform and hat, not toys but the real thing. On that day, they brought him to 3 fire calls, rode in the different fire engines, paramedics' van and even the fire chief's car. He even helped steer the truck back to the fire station. He was in heaven.

Having his dream come true, and all the love and attention that was lavished upon him, so deeply touched was Bopsy that he lived 3 months longer than any doctor thought possible.

One night, all his vital signs dropped drastically and the head nurse began to call his family members to the hospice. Then she remembered the day Bopsy spent as a fireman and she called the fire chief to ask if it was possible to send a fireman in full uniform down to see Bopsy through his transition.

The chief replied," We can do better than that. We'll be there in 5 minutes. Will you please do me a favor? When you hea the sirens screaming, will you announce over the PA system that there is not a fire? It's just the fire department coming to see one of its finest members one more time. And will you open the window to his room? Thanks."

About 5 minutes later, 14 firemen and two firewomen climbed up the ladder into Bopsy's room. With his mother's permission, they hugged him and held him and told him how much they loved him.

With his dying breath, Bopsy looked up at the fire chied and said, " Chief, am i really a fireman now?"

"Bopsy, you are," the chief said.
With those words, Bopsy smiled and closed his eyes for the last time.

This story touched me to tears... such love and care and generosity... for a small life such as Bopsy's and all he wanted was to live his dream.

I can't help but to see the beauty of love... but in reality how much do we see this love?

I can't help it but think that sometimes its so hard to find in people. How much are you willing to sacrifice for another? How much are you willing to care?

God loved us...

I can't help it sometimes to think that death will one day take us. What if we leave regrets behind? Dreams? Loved ones? Sometimes its all the things we love that we left behind that hurts.

What if we miss the chance to tell how much we love each other's company... how much we love this friendship, how much we are grateful to someone's encouragement? Although, we can say cherish your time here, but how many of us truly do that? Can we really do everything we want to? But we could always try.... with a spirit of excellence :)....

So i want to tell you, you, you & you that, I loved our time spent together and since God gave us this one life, let's do our best with it :)...