The next day Eva didn't look any better. Her face was pale and her
hands trembled slightly. Domon and Rain took the day off from work and let
Kyogi stay home from school so that they could spend all day at the
hospital. Rain had a special present for Eva too. She had gotten her a
Bible. Rain knew that Eva would love it.
When they got there Eva was still asleep so they quietly pulled chairs up to her bed. Domon gently took her hand and Eva's eyes opened and she gave them a weak smile. "Hi everybody", she said quietly.
"Eva we have a present for you", Rain told her daughter and gently laid the Bible on her lap.
"Oh thank you!" Eva cried as she looked at the Bible. It had a black leather cover and gold edged pages. It was absolutely beautiful. Eva fingered the pages gently. She thought it was the best present anyone had ever given her.
"Can you read us a little bit?" Kyogi asked her.
Eva opened the Bible and found John 3:16. "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son. That whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life."
"That was beautiful', Rain told Eva and gently stroked her cheek.
Eva nodded her head and closed the book. "Hey Kyogi did you bring your playing cards?" Eva asked her brother.
"I bring them everywhere don't I?" he said.
"Why don't we play a couple games of Rummy then?" she asked.
Kyogi dealt out the cards and that's exactly what they did for several hours. "I win again!" Eva cried at noon when they had been playing for three hours straight.
"Why don't Kyogi and I go get something to eat?" Rain intervened.
Kyogi nodded his head and hopped down from his perch at the foot of Eva's bed. "Okay Mama", he said. "By Eva. I'll be back soon." Kyogi and Rain each kissed Eva's cheek and started to walk out of the room.
"Bye Mama, bye Kei", she called after them. "I love you."
"We love you too dear", Rain said as they walked out of the door.
"I'm glad they're gone", Eva said as the door closed. "I need to talk to you Daddy."
"What about baby?" Domon asked gently.
"Daddy I don't have a lot of time left", Eva told him solemnly. "I'll probably be gone before Mama and Kei get back. I can't die peacefully without knowing that you love Jesus too. Daddy Jesus loves you so much. Please admit that you're a sinner and ask him to come make you clean and live inside your heart. Please do it." By this time tears were coursing down her cheeks. "Please Daddy I need to know that you're going to Heaven too."
Domon took her small hand in his. "What do I do?" he asked her as he started to cry too.
"Just repeat after me Daddy", Eva told him. "Dear Jesus"
"Dear Jesus"
"I admit that I am a sinner."
"I admit that I am a sinner."
"I also admit that you came and died for me."
"I also admit that you came and died for me."
"Please come into my heart and wash away all my sin."
"Please come into my heart and wash away all my sin."
"I love you Jesus."
"I love you Jesus."
"Amen."
"Amen."
Eva threw herself into her father's arms. "Oh Daddy now you'll go to Heaven too!" she said joyfully. Then her small body started to go limp in his arms. "It's almost time Daddy", she whispered.
Domon gently laid her back down onto her bed. "Eva baby what do you see?" he asked as he let the tears course freely down his cheeks.
Eva's blue eyes widened with joy. "Oh glory! Oh joy! Oh Jesus! Jesus!" with that Eva's eyes closed never to open again. She was gone. She would no longer be able to run and jump and play. She wouldn't be there to throw herself into Domon's arms every day when he came home from work. She wouldn't be there to make cookies with Rain and end up eating more of the cookie dough than she put on the pans. She wouldn't be there to play tag with Kyogi in the backyard. Worst of all she wouldn't be there to brighten up everyone's day. She hadn't been perfect but her sins were minor things and there were very few. She was in Heaven. Domon knew it was the best place for her. Though he was happy for her he couldn't help but to feel his loss. He let his tears run down his cheeks and didn't try to stop them.
"Eva we brought you some French fries", Kyogi called as he entered the room with Rain. "Daddy is Eva just sleeping?"
"She's gone Kei", Domon told his son and pulled him into his arms. "She's in Heaven now." Rain came up beside Domon and he wrapped his other arm around her waist.
Suddenly a breeze blew through the room through an open window. It blew the Bible open. The three of them walked over to the Bible and looked at the page. All their eyes looked at the page and stopped at one verse, 1 John 4:18. "Such love has no fear because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid it is for fear of judgment, and this shows that his love has not been perfected in us."
Eva's soft sweet voice filled all of their ears. They remembered the night after she had been diagnosed with cancer. They heard her whisper "I'm not afraid." God's perfect love had been within her. They knew that she was in Heaven and that they would see her again.
Author's Note: I would like to thank everyone for all his or her reviews. I almost started crying while writing this chapter. Please don't flame if it made you cry. Well this is the end of "To Die So Young." Until next time. Tell me if I should add and epilog to this story.
God loves you,
Fly_away_forever
When they got there Eva was still asleep so they quietly pulled chairs up to her bed. Domon gently took her hand and Eva's eyes opened and she gave them a weak smile. "Hi everybody", she said quietly.
"Eva we have a present for you", Rain told her daughter and gently laid the Bible on her lap.
"Oh thank you!" Eva cried as she looked at the Bible. It had a black leather cover and gold edged pages. It was absolutely beautiful. Eva fingered the pages gently. She thought it was the best present anyone had ever given her.
"Can you read us a little bit?" Kyogi asked her.
Eva opened the Bible and found John 3:16. "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son. That whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life."
"That was beautiful', Rain told Eva and gently stroked her cheek.
Eva nodded her head and closed the book. "Hey Kyogi did you bring your playing cards?" Eva asked her brother.
"I bring them everywhere don't I?" he said.
"Why don't we play a couple games of Rummy then?" she asked.
Kyogi dealt out the cards and that's exactly what they did for several hours. "I win again!" Eva cried at noon when they had been playing for three hours straight.
"Why don't Kyogi and I go get something to eat?" Rain intervened.
Kyogi nodded his head and hopped down from his perch at the foot of Eva's bed. "Okay Mama", he said. "By Eva. I'll be back soon." Kyogi and Rain each kissed Eva's cheek and started to walk out of the room.
"Bye Mama, bye Kei", she called after them. "I love you."
"We love you too dear", Rain said as they walked out of the door.
"I'm glad they're gone", Eva said as the door closed. "I need to talk to you Daddy."
"What about baby?" Domon asked gently.
"Daddy I don't have a lot of time left", Eva told him solemnly. "I'll probably be gone before Mama and Kei get back. I can't die peacefully without knowing that you love Jesus too. Daddy Jesus loves you so much. Please admit that you're a sinner and ask him to come make you clean and live inside your heart. Please do it." By this time tears were coursing down her cheeks. "Please Daddy I need to know that you're going to Heaven too."
Domon took her small hand in his. "What do I do?" he asked her as he started to cry too.
"Just repeat after me Daddy", Eva told him. "Dear Jesus"
"Dear Jesus"
"I admit that I am a sinner."
"I admit that I am a sinner."
"I also admit that you came and died for me."
"I also admit that you came and died for me."
"Please come into my heart and wash away all my sin."
"Please come into my heart and wash away all my sin."
"I love you Jesus."
"I love you Jesus."
"Amen."
"Amen."
Eva threw herself into her father's arms. "Oh Daddy now you'll go to Heaven too!" she said joyfully. Then her small body started to go limp in his arms. "It's almost time Daddy", she whispered.
Domon gently laid her back down onto her bed. "Eva baby what do you see?" he asked as he let the tears course freely down his cheeks.
Eva's blue eyes widened with joy. "Oh glory! Oh joy! Oh Jesus! Jesus!" with that Eva's eyes closed never to open again. She was gone. She would no longer be able to run and jump and play. She wouldn't be there to throw herself into Domon's arms every day when he came home from work. She wouldn't be there to make cookies with Rain and end up eating more of the cookie dough than she put on the pans. She wouldn't be there to play tag with Kyogi in the backyard. Worst of all she wouldn't be there to brighten up everyone's day. She hadn't been perfect but her sins were minor things and there were very few. She was in Heaven. Domon knew it was the best place for her. Though he was happy for her he couldn't help but to feel his loss. He let his tears run down his cheeks and didn't try to stop them.
"Eva we brought you some French fries", Kyogi called as he entered the room with Rain. "Daddy is Eva just sleeping?"
"She's gone Kei", Domon told his son and pulled him into his arms. "She's in Heaven now." Rain came up beside Domon and he wrapped his other arm around her waist.
Suddenly a breeze blew through the room through an open window. It blew the Bible open. The three of them walked over to the Bible and looked at the page. All their eyes looked at the page and stopped at one verse, 1 John 4:18. "Such love has no fear because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid it is for fear of judgment, and this shows that his love has not been perfected in us."
Eva's soft sweet voice filled all of their ears. They remembered the night after she had been diagnosed with cancer. They heard her whisper "I'm not afraid." God's perfect love had been within her. They knew that she was in Heaven and that they would see her again.
Author's Note: I would like to thank everyone for all his or her reviews. I almost started crying while writing this chapter. Please don't flame if it made you cry. Well this is the end of "To Die So Young." Until next time. Tell me if I should add and epilog to this story.
God loves you,
Fly_away_forever
