O Hear The Angel Voices
Submitted by Thumb on February 17 1999 at 00:17:26
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Hi. I was sitting in my living room this evening, reading a letter that my young friend had written me last Christmas. And while reading it, I started to reflect on how our relationship had developed - right from the very first moment we met. It astonished me how close we had gotten, during the course of the last two years. And the fact that we had lost contact over a whole winter, but been able to pick up just where we had left off the summer we were reunited, is unbelievable. In such a short time, I have made the closest friend I have ever had - and I do believe that we are getting closer with every day that passes. I hope I am right in my conclusion, that we will definitely be friends for life. I know a lot of you probably feel something very similar to what I'm feeling right now; I feel lucky, privileged, and my heart is about to burst with gratitude - funny how this letter has helped me realize that. You know, I think I'll share a part of this letter with you. I will not post the letter in its entirety, what you will read is an edited version. I have taken the liberty to correct any spelling mistakes made by my friend in the process of writing the letter. I found this letter in my mailbox last Christmas Eve (1998), and the reason he wrote it was that we had not seen each other for a number of days, as we had both involuntarily gotten caught up in all the frenzy that comes with the preparation of the holiday season. Here is what he had to say about that (our real names will not be printed here, and I will use aliases to replace them): Dear Thumb My mom took me with her to shop for gifts, we've been doing a lot of that. We were walking downtown when I saw a statue in one of the store windows. It was a statue of a big snowman, dragging a little boy over the snow in a slay. It reminded me of you. Because, remember when you took me with you to the big kid slope in the park? I really was scared because it (the slope) was so big. But you told me that you would be there and catch me if I fell off, and that's why I went. And it was so much fun! I think I'm the only little kid in my school that has done that. And when I told my friends, they didn't believe me. The snowman even looked like you. (here I will jump over a paragraph or two) Now it's Christmas, but I'm sad. I haven't been able to see you for a million years. I even cried when I was in bed last night. I hope I'll see you today or tomorrow so that I can say Merry Christmas To You. But now when I finish this letter to you, I'm going to sneak out and put it in your mailbox. It's going to be my Christmas present for you. I even drew a picture for you. Thank you for all the horse rides to school, thank you for being good to me all the time, thank you for being my bestest friend in the whole world. You're better than everyone. Loki says Hi (his bunny). I hope I see you soon. Your friend, Prince. As I said before, this was an edited version of the original handwritten letter that I got for Christmas from my little friend. The picture he put in my mailbox with it, was a colorful Crayon painting of the two of us in the park - accompanied by all sorts of smiling little creatures. Even though times had been quite hectic before Christmas, I certainly did not forget about my little buddy. To his surprise, on Christmas Morning, I had asked his mom to place a package I bought for him under the Christmas Tree. And he told me later that the gift I gave him was "the greatest gift ever". Well, I don't know about that - but I did make sure that what I bought him was something he really wanted. And by making a deal with his mom, I also made sure that nobody would get him the very same thing. He was really happy, so ... mission accomplished! This may seem like an odd post to some of you, but after my reflective thinking earlier tonight, I felt like coming here and sharing this little thing with you. Before I put down the last period, I would like to thank Ben and Oliver for their wonderful replies to my last post on t he forum (titled "With a Breath of Air"). Your feedback means a great deal to me! But I'm off now, it's time for me to go and give some of you a little feedback of my own. God bless! Warm regards, Thumb |