THE FINAL CHAPTER : A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY (Sept 2009 to Jan 2010)
At the Grotto of Our Immaculate Conception, in Lourdes
Daniel (14+ years old) (Tuesday 22/9/2009)
Day 13 in Lourdes
NOVENA DAY 5
"Here Son, I got You something ..."
Back in the hotel room, Mom presented the book she bought for You. You eagerly grabbed it and started flipping through the pages with the enthusiasm of a child.
You read aloud the captions that followed each illustration. Listening to You with a smile on her face, Mom tidied the room up a litle.
At one point, she had handed You a banana and a peach, and some other fruits that Dad had bought from a nearby grocer. Before long, You were chomping and reading with your mouthful.
Like so very normal.
You were careful not to stain your new book, so You held the book up high with one hand, while holding the fruit in the other, laying on the bed, with your head and upper back, propped up by two bulky pillows.
At 4:30 pm, Dad and Mom wheeled You out again.
We went to the underground basilica.
After participating in the Blessed Sacrament procession and celebrating the international mass, while leaving the stadium, a man came running to our direction, and said hastily with hand gestures, we assumed he was trying to say,
"Wait, don't go yet (in French) ..."
