kamloops67
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was reminded of this book by a recent thread by j rich.
about 13 years ago i was working out of town, and had read everything i had !even old newspapers. i was jonesing for some new reading material. the rental house i was staying in was fully furnished and in the bookcase full of unremarkable titles and harlequin type novels i found a volume of "chickensoup for the soul" i didnt think i would enjoy it ...but it was that or a harlequin romance.
one of the true stories was of a young boy . it seems his older sister had leukemia, and the only way to get a bone marrow donor was for the parents to have another child. the young boy was that child. from the time he was old enough to understand the family explained the boy's important roll to him, how his sister needed his bone marrow or she would die. the young boy stoically accepted his roll, wanted to help his sister and never complained .
just before the boy was to be operated on he turned to his father and asked" dad, does it hurt to die?"
he had believed from the beginning that he had to die so his sister could live...and he had accepted that .
13 years after reading that my throat still gets tight when i think of that story. i hope that boy has had a great life.
anyone else want to share?
about 13 years ago i was working out of town, and had read everything i had !even old newspapers. i was jonesing for some new reading material. the rental house i was staying in was fully furnished and in the bookcase full of unremarkable titles and harlequin type novels i found a volume of "chickensoup for the soul" i didnt think i would enjoy it ...but it was that or a harlequin romance.
one of the true stories was of a young boy . it seems his older sister had leukemia, and the only way to get a bone marrow donor was for the parents to have another child. the young boy was that child. from the time he was old enough to understand the family explained the boy's important roll to him, how his sister needed his bone marrow or she would die. the young boy stoically accepted his roll, wanted to help his sister and never complained .
just before the boy was to be operated on he turned to his father and asked" dad, does it hurt to die?"
he had believed from the beginning that he had to die so his sister could live...and he had accepted that .
13 years after reading that my throat still gets tight when i think of that story. i hope that boy has had a great life.
anyone else want to share?
I'm sure my wife has a copy around, I'll take a look at it. Funny, I do remember my wife pointing out the same story you related.
