DOT 178 : SOAP

THE FINAL CHAPTER : A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY (Sept 2009 to Jan 2010)

At the Grotto of Our Immaculate Conception, in Lourdes   

Daniel (14+ years old) (Wednesday 23/9/2009) 

Day 14 in Lourdes

NOVENA DAY 6

 

A sudden yelp interrupted her thoughts and made her jumped. 

Hearing some scrambling noises in the shower tub, along with muffled sounds, Mom instinctively raised her voice with concern as she called out, 

"Daniel, are You okay? Why are You making so much noise?"

You answered back loudly, "I DRoPPED THe SoaP ..."

That solemn tone drew a smile from her. Rolling her eyes at your rather endearing clumsiness, your mother remarked through the door, 

"Don't make so much noise, You're disturbing the other guests."

"OKaY MoMMM ..." You drawled loudly again, before You broke into a song.

Mom had to smile. 

You were in a cheery mood, and God knows You deserved to be. You felt good today, and it showed. Oh, today was just going to be so perfect. She could feel it already. Make all the noise You want, Son ... she thought, smiling to herself, as she went through the closet to pick up some clothes for You. 

On hindsight, had anybody told Mom then that her son would soon DIE in 4 months' time, she would have struck them down senseless!

 

 In IKEA (Dec, 2008) ...

 

 

 I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU

connie talbot

DOT 154 : LIFT

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

 

This brings Mom to an incident which happened when You were about 2 years old at one of the service apartments during a family trip. 

You were running ahead of Dad, Mom and Justine, and You somehow managed to get into the lift before us, despite your parents hurrying behind You. We were absolutely horrified when the lift CLOSED its doors in our faces.

Mom had been frantic and remembers slamming the buttons repeatedly to get the lift to open, shouting in panic, through the impenetrable metal doors.

"DON'T GET OUT, DANIEL! STAY IN THE LIFT! DON'T GET OUT! JUST STAY THERE! STAY THERE! STAY THERE, UNDERSTAND? DON'T MOVE, STAY THERE! DAD WILL GET YOU! STAY IN THE LIFT! DON'T GET OUT!" 

Mom had shouted repeatedly, pressing her ear against the lift, and straining her hardest to hear something ... anything.

She had heard nothing.

 

 Photo taken on 14/12/2008 in IKEA.

Shopping with You around was always a lot of fun.

We laughed so hard when You were trying to 

squeeze yourself in this cocoon storage basket.