Ashlynn's Adventures

Today I come bearing a sad tale. There once was a eight year old girl. Her name is Ashlynn. Her mother was slowly dying. " mama!" she cried. "Stay with me!" "oh, but darling I will always stay with you." The mom had brain cancer and was very ill. Her family of three tried to jam as many fun travels as they could into the few months that they had together. They wanted to have long fun trips but their mother was not able to go on such a long trip because she was so sick. The little girl wrote Santa that Christmas. her one and only request was for her mother to be healed. Not for toys or electronics... But for her mothers own health. Sadly her mom passed away two days later. the thing that is the saddest about this story is that it is real. God sometimes tells stories through lives. He told us through Ashlynn's life to enjoy everyday like it's your last. To praise God in all things. And maybe you don't see this the way I do, but I feel like death by sickness is just like Jesus dying on the cross for our sins. They didn't ask to be stripped away from this world. They didn't want up go through all the pain and agony. But it's part of the plan God has for us and we have to roll with it. Excuse the cheesy phrase "roll with it". Obviously Jesus dying on the cross is probably more special for us but in their own way, those who die of sickness are a kind of angel. I would say Jesus but that doesn't seem quite right. A thing I want to leave you with one more detail about Ashlynn's life. Back to our sad tale. Poor Ashlynn. Her dad was sad of course and mourned with his daughter for his beautiful wife. But then he had an idea so great that it made everything seem better for a bit. He decided to go on all those trips his small family wanted to go on. But sadly our hero was out of doubloons. (yes in my story they pay in doubloons) so he started a fund for him and his daughter called ashlynns adventures. If you would like to donate money for this young heroines travels I could give you a web address when I remember it. So probably tomorrow. Wait! There is one more detail about God and Ashlynn that I want to mention. Even though Ashlynn isn't a Christian, I think God appreciates her nonselfishness. Even though Ashlynn asked Santa and not God for help, I think it got right where it was supposed to be. Not the north pole... Heaven. Where her mother as an angel will still be with her always.

-Allison