A friend's prayer;
Her sister-inlaw was really a friend more than related just by marriage.
Her name was Linda.
She shared everything with Linda but for one thing.
She couldn't understand her passion for porcelain dolls.
Linda had about 150 of them.
The dolls were on shelves in a room just for the dolls.
She admired Linda for the way she kept them so beautifully.
Sadly, Linda became very ill and after a very short time,
she lost her battle with cancer.
Her brother gave the dolls to charity to be sold.
She was sad that she hadn't asked for just one doll to remember Linda, a keepsake,
a memory.
Linda's death was still fresh in her mind when her family took her to a local fair, they thought the trip would help the healing.
At the fair there was a row of marquees selling various goods. One caught her eye, amongst the snow globes and toys, there was a porcelain doll.
She gasped, it looked just like the ones Linda had kept.
Pale colour skin, blue eyes,
a beautiful dress,
a bonnet covering blond curly hair.
She had to have it.
She thought, everything is so expensive and she only had $20 with her.
She thought $100 and looked at the price tag, it was only $19.95.
Of course she bought the doll, and when she got home,
she placed the doll carefully on the dresser in her bedroom.
As she re-arranged the dolls dress she noticed a name on the inside of the leg.
The dolls name was Linda.
Her memory was now complete.
"Thank you to The Divine,"
she prayed
"You care enough to ease the pain of our losses."
Nathan
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