meet grace. she has leukemia.
me and kennedy were at disneyland for kennedy's birthday & we were walking by it's a small world from the train & noticed the parade was about to start so we decided to stay & watch. we were lucky & got front street seating. as we were waiting i turned around and noticed a cute little girl in a wheelchair & her mother standing behind her holding a younger little girl. i thought to go tell the mom to bring the little girl up front where i was standing, but i didn't act on it. then a few minutes later i turned around & noticed that they had moved a little further over & behind more people...that's when i put my purse down to save my seat and told kennedy "stay here and save our seats, i'm going to get a little girl in a wheelchair", something must have told kennedy to agree, becasue she didn't question, she just said "ok". i walked over to the mom and tapped her on the back and told her that i had a space up front for her daughter. i really didn't give her much time to think and i probably took her completely off guard, but she agreed and grace had a front row seat.
i have to give the disney parade cast huge kudos because they really made an effort to make grace feel special. the dancers would wave to her, the characters would make contact with her, she was given props to participate with... it was awesome. gracie's mom said "that is so sweet" and started to cry. i then too began to cry. we laughed and determined "it's a mom thing". we didn't say anything during the parade and when it ended i asked her if she had a blog, and we exchanged blog addresses {funny how first it was home phone numbers, then cell phone numbers, then it was email addresses and now blog addresses}. i don't know why i was to meet this family, but i am so glad that i listened to the promptings of the spirit.
2 comments:
It was such a treat to meet you at Disneyland! What a small world-we are both LDS as well. You have such a sweet spirit and you really helped me out that night. I'm glad you listened to your promptings-it's opened up a world to us, hasn't it? THanks for sharing your blog-your family is so beautiful and you are such an artistic person! Let's do keep in touch this way! It was a pleasure to meet you! XO
Kim
I am sitting here drying off the tears falling from my eyes after reading your story on the little girl named Graceie. You never know whre the Lord will take you. I am so glad you listened to the spirit and got to meet this beautiful, sweet, and brave family.
I remember you telling me "How do you just stand in line at Joanne's and start talking to people and then they invite you to their home in Utah?" Now you know, you are directed my the Lord, and led by the spirit. I just love this gospel.
Love,
Mom
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