A Christmas Tale

A Christmas Lesson Learned At The Mall


I woke to face yet another Christmas all alone....

The day was dark and dreary...

The sky bleak and the air cool....

And had a gloomy feeling about it...

I showered, dressed, and went to the Mall...

No sense in feeling depressed at home....

I looked around, at the couples as they walked.

Holding hands with each other...

Some were young, but many old...

And I felt sad walking all alone...

My eyes went upward as I silently asked God...

Why was I left alone without someone to love.......

Still feeling sad I decided to leave......

The mall, the shoppers and couples holding hands.....

I stepped onto the escalator to the main floor,

And turned left so as to walk out the front door

I almost bumped into a very young woman..

Sitting in a wheelchair...crippled and bent.....

I slowly walked past her...towards the exit door...

and suddenly stopped for a moment to think......

This time i did not ask..... WHY GOD?...

Instead whispered to myself...THANK GOD...

As I got into my car I looked up at the sky

And noticed the sun peeking out behind the darkened clouds...

(a true story exactly as it happened}

by SondraC