Text 26062, 68 rader
Skriven 2015-07-11 17:40:15 av Roger Nelson (1:3828/7)
  Kommentar till text 26060 av Ward Dossche (2:280/5555.3)
Ärende: Re: Little Rachel, little Rachel
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WD> Sometimes good and unsuspected things happen at a Boy Scout camp which
WD> have nothing to do with scouting whatsoever.
 
WD> I operate the camp phone of Boy Scout camp Melita Island in Montana, that
WD> phone is answered 24/7 when camp is in operation.
 
WD> So on July 7th 2015 the phone rang at 5.07am … unusually early … and the
WD> following conversation ensued:
 
WD> "Melita Island, good morning" .. <yawn>
 
WD> "Yes, hello, I am the mam of a scout from the troop of Columbia Falls and
WD> I just had a baby. .... .... .... Hello? .... Are you there?"
 
WD> "Ehr ... congratulations ... everything alright with you and the baby?"
 
WD> In the meantime I started looking around where the crew of 'Candid
WD> Camera' was hiding. I always vowed nobody would ever catch me in the act
WD> of a camera joke and I immediately grew suspicious.
 
WD> Then I heard a baby cry, the way only a newborn cries, and I immediately
WD> remembered the Up With People song "The wonder of it all"
 
WD> Sunsets come to paint the sky
WD> New life begins with a baby's cry
WD> Bringing a hope that will never die
WD> And the wonder of it all
 
WD> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWga2f_ucls
 
WD> Mam wanted me to get her son so he could meet his new little sister. So I
WD> said "Now? At 5am? Who will pick him up?" ... and she probably understood
WD> there was a logistical issue.
 
WD> She would call me back.
 
WD> That same morning around 8am during morning flags I called upon Michael
WD> to step forward. He obviously was not ready for the news, but the whole
WD> camp cheered him. In the afternoon, with proper adult supervision, we
WD> took him off the island to go meet his little sister.
 
WD> One day later, the 8th, he came back to the island and, look ... there
WD> was mam with her 1-day old baby. I'm a sucker for babies and I went to
WD> see her ... she made no sound, just lay blissfully happy in mam's arms
WD> enjoying her first day of life.
 
WD> Her name was Rachel and I wanted to say something to her.
 
WD> 'Hi Little Rachel. You will probably never know me, nor even care about
WD> me. Just be aware some day that you brought some joy to the heart of a 64
WD> year old guy from Belgium on the very day that you were born. Maybe it
WD> will mean little to you, but I will never forget July 7th.
 
WD> And before I forget, I told your brother to beat the crap out of every
WD> other kid that would ever annoy you ... that is what big brothers are
WD> for."
 
WD> For always in my heart,
 
That's a wonderful story, Ward.  Thanks for sharing it.
 
 
Regards,
 
Roger

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