rememberme : part 1

The sun was so beautiful. Shining down to an innocent face, who was trying to scan the source of the pure golden rays from the sky above.

“It’s God, telling you He loves you,” says the mother of the child, as she knelt down beside her daughter, holding her close to her. Kissing her forehead, the mother whispered softly into the child’s ear. “God also says to remember that. That He loves you. And each one of us. All so dearly.”

The girl looked up to her mother’s face with such innocent gesture, that made her mother smile. “Really?” the little girl asked, her eyes grew wider. “If I remember God, will He remember me?”

“Yes, of course, my dear Bernice. Certainly, without fail, God will remember you.”

With that, Bernice was satisfied with her mother’s answers, and her mother pulled her away from the grass to the pavement. They both got into the red second-hand car that Bernice’s mother had bought in a car sale, so that they could travel to meet Bernice’s father. Her father lived away from the family due to work, and now they were all going to move to one place to live together happily.

Bernice’s mother, Polly, knew that her husband had a house across the borders, thus she was assured that she and her daughter had a place to stay. Polly wanted to give a surprise to her husband, that the whole family would be together from then on. Polly glanced to the backseat and noticed that Bernice was still watching the sunrise. She smiled to herself and proceeded to start the car.

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