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Date Posted: 20:39:05 09/16/02 Mon
Author: Lena Haw
Subject: Unconditional Love

This story is about a soldier who was
finally coming home after
having
fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from
San Francisco.
"Mom and Dad, I'm coming home, but I've a
favor to ask. I have a
friend I'd like to bring home with me."
"Sure," they replied, "we'd love to meet him."
"There's something you should know the son
continued, "he was hurt
pretty
badly in the fighting. He stepped on a land mind
and lost an arm and a
leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I want him to
come live with us."
"I'm sorry to hear that, son. Maybe we can
help him find somewhere to
live."
"No, Mom and Dad, I want him to live with us."
"Son," said the father, "you don't know what
you're asking. Someone
with
such a handicap would be a terrible burden on
us. We have our own lives
to
live, and we can't let something like this
interfere with our lives. I
think
you should just come home and forget about this
guy. He'll find a way to
live on his own."
At that point, the son hung up the phone. The
parents heard nothing
more
from him. A few days later, however, they
received a call from the San
Francisco falling from a building, they
were told. The police believed it was suicide.
The grief-stricken
parent
flew to San Francisco and were taken to the city
morgue to identify the
body
of their son. They recognized him, but to their
horror they also
discovered
something they didn't know, their son had only
one arm and one leg.
The parents in this story are like many of us.
We find it easy to love
those who are good-looking or fun to have
around, but we don't like
people
who inconvenience us or make us feel
uncomfortable. We would rather stay
away from people who aren't as healthy,
beautiful, or smart as we are.
Thankfully, there's someone who won't treat us
that way. Someone who
loves
us with an unconditional love that welcomes us
into the forever family,
regardless of how messed up we are.

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