a candle for georgie…
by bam
phone rang a little while ago. asking for more than a prayer. there’s a little guy, his name is georgie, he’s 9. he is fighting for his life tonight. his mama, a saint among us, is an old dear friend of mine. she’s at his side at children’s memorial as i type. she and his papa, another saint, are keeping watch. georgie is an angel, surrounded by saints. he’s been struggling his whole life long. most recently, most unfairly. if you kneel down tonight, whisper his name in your prayers. if you don’t kneel, please whisper his name anyway. they could use a flicker of light in their darkness.
pull up a chair 
bam
prayers were answered. george made it through the night. word comes that the long night was “uneventful and blissful,” according to mama. thank heaven.
Tuesday, December 19, 2006 – 04:19 PM
bam
stopped by to see georgie and his mama and papa for christmas eve last night. they had just dashed home for a little pre-christmas with the rest of their babes. george, he was lookin’ magnificent. eyebrows rockin’ and rollin’, exclaiming all sorts of things. the nuses, how blessed. a dear angel friend tucked at the bedside, stroking his arm, loving him dearly. wish i could share the latest dispatch from georgie’s mama. she says a christmas miracle, they have. they got their son back. the doctors, she says, they are mystified. never saw a boy go so far downhill so fast, only to turn around and climb back up that hill. geogie’s mama says it’s no mystery. she says “miracle,” means to behold wonder. i beheld wonder yesterday when i walked in that room all tethered with cords and with wires and tubes. and there on the bed, eyebrows blazing, was one beautiful boy named georgie. bless them all this christmas morn, for they are there at his bedside, all six of them, beholding the miracle of georgie…..here’s a kiss for each one of your foreheads….
Monday, December 25, 2006 – 08:17 AM
bam
keep praying, people….
Sunday, December 31, 2006 – 09:55 AM
bam
this just in: white smoke rings are rising; word is sweet georgie boy is headed for home this sweet afternoon. holy guardian angels protect him. and thank you for miracles. thank you. thank you. thank you.
Tuesday, January 16, 2007 – 02:40 PM