Might as Well Laugh About It Now

Might as Well Laugh About It Now by Marie Osmond, Marcia Wilkie Read Free Book Online

Book: Might as Well Laugh About It Now by Marie Osmond, Marcia Wilkie Read Free Book Online
Authors: Marie Osmond, Marcia Wilkie
Tags: Personal Memoirs, Biography & Autobiography
made swashbuckler sounds. He held it up for his parents to see.
    It was only an inexpensive little toy, so I insisted that Blake pick out another gift to go along with it. I showed him around to the more extravagant Pirates of the Caribbean play sets. We looked at scallywag hats and board games, ships in bottles and pirate watches. Though his eyes lit up and he seemed excited about each new selection, he would always return them to the shelf.
    As we circled back to where we started, Blake took one more plastic sword off the rack, handed it to me, and said, “Thank you very much.”
    “Pick out something else you really want,” I said, hanging the sword back on the rack. “I’m already getting you a sword like this. Remember?”
    Blake dropped his voice to a whisper. I bent my head down to hear him.
    “I know,” he said. “But Alex doesn’t have one.”
    Confused, I looked up at Blake’s parents.
    Blake’s mom explained. “Alex is his friend at the children’s hospital. He’s a five-year-old being treated for an inoperable brain tumor. Blake always makes sure Alex never feels left out.”
    I’m often left speechless by these children, usually because their pure intentions leave me swallowing tears.
    Perhaps it is their challenges, faced in their few years on earth, that give them such clarity about what matters most, along with a deep understanding that “happily ever after” is now.
    I’m grateful that Children’s Miracle Network has given families access to financial and emotional support, technology, and the best research available, so they don’t have to figure it out on their own the way my mother did with Virl and Tom. Mostly, though, I’m overwhelmed by the life-changing blessings these children give to all of us who work with and for them. I’m always reminded that some special spirits can, in seven short years, walk that enlightened path that takes most of us seven decades or more to journey.
    A busy manager from one of our major sponsors, who was attending the Children’s Miracle Network celebration for the first time, summed it up perfectly for me. She had spent the day meeting each of the Champion children, one representing each state, the Canadian provinces, and the UK, and spending five or ten minutes with each of them.
    As I posed for a picture with her, I had to ask, “What did you think of our Champion kids?”
    “Here’s the manager coming out in me,” she said, with a wink. “Just like with my employees, I hope these kids don’t compare notes about what I said to them.”
    It stopped me for a moment, wondering what she had possibly said that she was worried about.
    “I’m afraid the kids might think I was being insincere, but I truly meant what I said to each one,” she continued. Tears spilled onto her blouse.
    “I’m sure it’s fine,” I consoled her. “What did you say?”
    Her eyes scanned the noisy room full of children being helped by parents and volunteers to get ready for the evening event, where each child gets an award and a standing ovation as a Champion.
    “I said: You will probably never remember me, but I will never, ever forget you.”
    I understand, completely.

Hot Property: Great Open Floor Plan, Full Mountain Views

    This was the front of the Christmas card I sent out in 2005. Talk about your warm holiday wishes!

    The floor plan was perfect; the kitchen was big enough for all of us; it had bright, spacious bedrooms, plenty of bathrooms, a fenced-in backyard for kids and pets, and a large finished basement, just right for my teenagers to have their own space. We had been living bunk-bed style in the house we bought in Orem, Utah, when there were only five of us. Now there were nine of us, with number ten on the way with the upcoming arrival of Abigail that September.
    I was even able to acquire some gorgeous pieces of furniture from the woman who was selling her house. I was astonished at her willingness to part with everything so easily. She shrugged

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