One Fluffy White Cloud
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There was once a fluffy little white cloud. This little cloud felt so lonely that his unshed tears filled his entire being.
Outside, everything seemed cheery and light, but inside, he was dark,cold, and totally miserable. "Who will EVER love me!" he thought. "I am such a poor, miserable little cloud ........! " And this thought made him shiver. The more he thought about it, the colder he became, until he grew so cold, his tears turned to ice crystals!� The light that glistened off the ice made him brilliant!� It would have hurt your eyes to look at him!� But alas!� The little cloud had no idea how bright he was, because all HE could see was his inner darkness!
Meanwhile, living in a house right below him, was a lonely, suffering-in-silence, little mother.� The mother's life was hard!� She was working all day to support herself and her child..... and worrying all night that she would not be able to pay the bills at the end of the month. So much work and worry was turning her into a little old lady!
Then one day, a freak wind blew through the town. The little cloud was whisked through the sky! It was such a powerful wind that he thought he was going to blow apart!� As he saw the house where the mother and child were living, he scooted in their back door, looking for shelter.
So there he was...suspended right in the middle of their kitchen! The little mother was genuinely surprised, but somehow she felt an instant liking for this uninvited visitor.
She decided to walk closer!�
She walked close enough to touch him!
Then, as she reached out, a beam of light happened to shine through the back door.The little cloud's ice crystals took on a shimmery glow.�
The mother beamed! "I LOVE this little cloud!" she thought!� The little cloud beamed back!� "I LOVE his little mother!" he thought!�
Just then the child, who had been playing outside, opened the frontdoor, letting in a big� swoooooosh of air.
The little cloud was pushed right out the back door!
The child, who had not seen the cloud, looked at his mom, who still had her back to him.
"I wonder if maybe she's crying", he thought.
Usually when he came in, she said something like "Watch your muddy feet! I just washed the floor!"
But not this time. This time she was was lost in thought,
as she continued to stare out the window. She was looking at a beautiful rainbow that was forming in the sky, and she KNEW
it was her little cloud saying, "I'll be back!"
Then she turned and looked at her son.� She had a big smile on her face! The icy stare that had been in her eyes, was gone!�
Astonished to see his mother smiling, the child's eyes filled with tears. "Mom!" he said...I'm so glad to see you looking so
HAPPY!"
The sad little mother realized how much she was loved!
Her eyes filled with tears, too, and she rushed over to give him
the biggest hug he had ever had in his life!
She WAS loved.� Her child loved her, and to him, she was not just a little old, tired, woman. She was the most important
person in the whole world!� She was his MOM!�
Life is still hard for the little cloud, and it is equally as hard for the little mother.
But, from that day forward, the Little Cloud, and the Little Mother, have known just how to warm their hearts, and heal their sadness.
Every time they feel the icy cold, of a lonely thought, they swoosh it away with the warmth of a loving thought.�
And guess what? Even as you are reading this, there is a fluffy white cloud somewhere.... and a little mother somewhere.... growing more & more beautiful every day.
Look around!� She could be right next to you!