Chapter 4
After Didi made this suggestion to Chaz, to share Melinda's things with Chuckie, he carried the picture back into the living room, and showed it to Chuckie.
"Chuckie, this is your mom." Said Chaz, as he scooped up his son, and they went home, where he took him outside into the backyard.
Once outside, he sat down in the grass with the box of Melinda's things, and took out the trowel.
"This is her trowel, it's a little tool for gardening. All those flowers, she planted those. She use to love coming out here and playing with you." Explained Chaz, as he pointed to the flowers around him.
As Chuckie eyed the flowers, he had the dream again, with him and his mommy in the yard.
"It's ok Chuckie, don't be scared." Chuckie heard his mommy say, as the butterfly flew in his face.
Coming out of his daydream, and returning to the present, Chaz removed another item from the box. The book Tommy found.
"This is her diary. She started keeping it, oh, when she was in the hospital. The last thing she wrote in it was a poem, for you." Said Chaz, as he turned to the last page, and started to read the poem.
As he read the poem to Chuckie, Chuckie heard his own mommy's voice reading it to him too.
My sweet little Chuckie
Though I must leave you behind me,
This poem will tell you Where you always can find me.
When a gentle wind blows That's my hand on your face,
When the tree gives you shade That's my sheltering embrace.
When the sun gives you freckles That's me tickling my boy,
When the rain wets your hair Those are my tears of joy.
When the long grass enfolds you That's me holding you tight,
When the whippoorwill sings That's me whispering night-night.
No sooner had Chaz finished reading the poem to Chuckie, when Tommy, Phil, Lil, Susie and Peter, all showed up in his backyard, gathered around Chuckie.
"Guys, I do have a mom, she's right here in the flowers. And in the clouds, and in the sun, and in the grass too, and in the wind!" Said Chuckie, as he pointed to the flowers, clouds, grass, and sun.
"See? I knew you had to have a mom." Said Susie.
"You were right Susie, I do, and you know what?" Asked Chuckie.
"No, what?" Peter asked.
"Having a mom who's all around me, is the best mom ever." Whispered Chuckie with a smile, as everyone cheered, and gave each other a group hug, as they looked up, to see a butterfly flying in the sky.
As the butterfly flew through the sky, a caption appeared on the screen that read, In Memory of Christine Cavanaugh, before fading to black and going to the closing credits, which will appear in the next and final chapter.
The End
Author's Note: Because this episode, even my rendition of it, was very touching, and because it was a Chuckie based episode, not to mention, the late Christine Cavanaugh provided his voice in that episode, if they were to put an in Memory note at the end of a Rugrats episode for her, the Mother's Day one in my opinion, would be it. You can let me know in the reviews if you agree. Heck, it's possible it's been done, but since I've lost my sight, unable to read captions on the screen, I don't know if that's been done or not, and this past week during The 90's Are All That, the Mother's Day episode didn't air. It might air tonight or tomorrow, who knows. I did fall asleep early on Wednesday, so it's possible it aired then last week, but just the same, I thought that would be an extra bonus, to wrap up the story there, to make it even more touching and special. Also, I hope you all enjoyed my rendition of the Mother's Day episode. It's by far, one of my all time favorite episodes, and when Boris Yeltsin gave me this idea a while back, I was like, hmmm, I ought to give this a try! So, that's what you got. And as for Peter being in the story, I decided on that last night, as I was brainstorming the final stuff in my head, before beginning to put it all together. I think had this been an actual episode, opposed to the original one we're all familiar with, it would have been the first hour long special, making the episode, "Runaway Reptar," from season 6, being the second hour long special, rather than the first one like it was originally.