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Date Posted: 20:54:47 01/22/05 Sat
Hey there everyone! Sadira here. i hope everyone is doing well. I just thought I'd try a story out on everyone. Let me know what you think of it!
Sadira
“A Christmas Gift for Molly” Part 1
Megan smiled as she watched her two younger sisters, Julie, who was eleven and Molly, who was just eight years old, working on a batch of Christmas cookies with her, Megan’s help. Megan enjoyed this time of year and she especially liked seeing her two younger sisters happy and having fun. She had made a mental note to teach them how to make Christmas cookies the way Aunt Abby had taught her and now she was getting her chance.
After the cookies were put in the oven, Megan gave Julie and Molly each a pat on their shoulder and suggested, “Why don’t you two start working on your Christmas lists.”
Julie nodded and went to do so. As she left the room, Molly stayed where she was. She was frowning and looking out the window at the newly fallen snow that had covered the ground over night.
“Molly, why aren’t you working on your Christmas list? Is something wrong, my little sunshine?” Megan asked, using her special name for Molly.
Molly snapped out of her trance and gazed up at Megan. She shook her head and her shoulders slumped.
“What’s the use?” Molly asked, not really wanting Megan to answer the question.
“What do you mean?” Megan asked, sitting down in a chair and motioning for Molly to sit with her. “I think we need to have some cuddle time. Come here, my little sunshine. Come to Megan.”
“Where I belong,” Molly said, walking over and crawling into Megan’s lap.
“That’s right, Moll. Safe and sound in my arms. Now, what’s this all about, hmmm?”
Molly sighed.
“Courtney Anderson told Lexi and me that Santa Claus isnt’ real.”
“It’s Lexi and I,” Megan corrected her baby sister.
“That’s what I said.” Molly replied.
Megan could tell Molly was truly upset, so she let the grammar mistake slide.
“Megan?” Molly asked.
“Yes?” Megan asked, looking down at Molly lovingly.
“Is Courtney Anderson telling the truth?”
Megan was silent. She didn’t kno what to say. She didn’t want to destroy Molly’s innocenmce, but she didn’t want to lie to her either.
“Megan?” Molly asked.
“It’s up to you,” Megan replied, coming out of her silent state. “If you want to believe in Santa, then he is real.”
“Do you believe in him?”
“I believe that Christmas is a very special time of year. A time when wonderful things can happen. Even things we’ve never even dreamed of. Things that we thought were impposible.”
“You mean like miracles?” Molly asked, her hazel eyes full of hope.
Megan nodded.
“Yup. Exactly.”
“That means Santa can do anything?”
“If you believe he can,” Megan replied.
Molly nodded. She then gave Megan a kiss and jumped off her lap.
“Thanks, Megan!”
“You’re welcome, my little sunshine. Wait! Where are you going?”
“To write my Christmas list,” Molly replied. With that, she was gone.
Megan shrugged and got up to check on the cookies. She was glad that she was able to help Molly out. She knew what it was like to believe in Santa Claus and even though she, Megan, was slowly growing out of the stage, she didn’t want to destroy Molly’s belief.
After Megan checked on the cookies, she went to see what her little sisters were up to. She went into Julie’s room first and found her little one reading a book.
“Hey there, little one,” Megan said, using her special name for Julie. “What are you doing?”
“Just reading,” Julie replied, shrugging.
Megan nodded.
“Did you finish your Christmas list?” Megan asked, sitting down and taking Julie into her lap.
Julie nodded.
“Yup.” She handed it to Megan.
As Megan skimmed it, she laughed softly. Julie never changed. Most of the stuff she wrote down were books. Julie loved to read.
“Did Molly finish hers?” Julie asked.
Megan shrugged.
“I’m not sure.” She frowned and then added, “Did Moll tell you anything about Courtney Anderson telling her that Santa didn’t exist?”
Julie frowned and nodded.
“Uh-huh. Charlotte and I tried to tell her he did, but Molly was too upset to hear us.”
Megan nodded.
“I’m going to check on her, okay?” Megan asked, getting up from the bed. “I’ll be back to tuck you in.”
Julie nodded and turned her attention back to her book.
When Megan entered Molly’s room, she found her little sunshine coloring a picture. She looked a little bit happier than earlier, which Megan was glad about.
“Hey there, my little sunshine. Did you get done writing your Christmas list?”
Molly looked up from her coloring book and nodded.
“I sure did. You can look at it if you want.”
Megan nodded and went over to Molly’s desk. The girls each had one. As she picked up the Christmas list, she skimmed it and giggled. Molly had also put down a few books, but the one thing she had put a star next to was probably the one toy every kid wanted this year. It was a doll called Princess Starlight. The doll wore a sparkly blue and pink dress and she had light brown curly hair and blue eyes. She came with a cat and a few accessories.
“I see you put down Princess Starlight,” Megan said, sitting down on Molly’s bed.
Molly nodded.
“Yup. I know Santa will find her for me. Like you said, Santa can do anything if I believe, right?”
Megan nodded. Little did she know how much she was going to regret those words in the next few minutes.
“All right, my little sunshine, let’s get you ready for bed, okay?”
“Can we have cuddle time?” Molly asked, putting her coloring book away.
Megan nodded.
“We sure can.”
Molly smiled as she went to put her pajamas on and brush her teeth. After she was finished, Megan sat down by the window and held her arms out. Molly crawled into her lap and rested her head against Megan’s shoulder. She loved spending these kinds of moments with her big sister and she loved the safety she felt whenever she was with her.
“I love you, Megan,” Molly said, her eyes starting to close.
“Aw, I love you too, Molly Shaianne Hartson. I love you so much.” Megan held Molly for an hour before tucking her in bed. After Megan had tucked the blanket around Molly, she made sure her night light was on and then she left to tuck Julie in bed. As Megan was about to leave the room, something on Molly’s desk caught her eye. It was a piece of paper folded into two parts. Megan’s curiosity got the better of her and she went to see what it was.
As Megan lifted the piece of paper from the desk, she took it into the living room to read it in private. She never normally looked at her sisters’ notes or diaries, but there was something about the note that was calling her name. A sort of sisterly privelege thing.
Megan took a deep breath as she opened the note and began to read it.
“Dear Santa, hi, it’s me, Molly. Molly Shaianne Hartson in case you’re wondering. I would have written this at the bottom of my list, but I didn’t want you to think I was trying to be greedy, so I decided to write it on another piece of paper. I talked to my older sister, Megan, she’s one of my favoritest people in the whole world. I love her so much. I think of her as my Mom sometimes. I asked her if you were real and she said if I believed then you were. She also said that Christmas is a time for miracles, so I was wondering if it’s not too much trouble if you could make one special miracle come true. I would really like the Princess Starlight doll, but the one thing I want even more than Princess Starlight, is if you could find our Mom. She left us a long time ago and we really miss her. I miss her lots, but I know Megan and Julie miss her too. They don’t talk about her much, but I can tell they miss her, especially on mother’s day and holidays like that. I know you have a lot of kids to make happy on Christmas, but I hope you’ll try and make this one Christmas wish come true. Not just for me, but for my sisters too. Thanks. Sincerely, Molly. P.S Merry Christmas.” Megan put the note down after a few minutes and sat in silence. She could feel tears coming to her green eyes and she didn’t bother to hold them back. Her little sunshine was so sweet and the note she had written to Santa just made her innocence and sense of what was important all the more clearer. Megan knew that Molly wanted Princess Starlight very much, but knowing that Molly truly wanted their mother back above all else made her heart break. She too wanted to see their mother again, but Megan knew that it was next to impposible. They had no idea where she was and after she had abandoned them at that shopping mall, Megan was sure she wouldn’t come back.
“Oh Molly,” Megan said, her voice tearful as she looked down at the note again, “I think you just asked for the one gift Santa can’t bring you.” But as Megan thought about it, she heard her own words to Molly just a few short hours ago, come floating back to her. “Christmas is a special time of year. Even a time for miracles.” And with that thought, Megan knew that even though the chance was very slim, there was still hope to get Molly the one thing she truly wanted. After all, there was always another Rainbow and that was one thing Megan firmly believed with all her heart.
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