I'll Love You Tomorrow by Welby Thomas Cox Jr

Author:Welby Thomas Cox, Jr.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tablo Publishing

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Seated in the middle of his bed with a large bowl of ice cream was Buddy Quinn. His tiny face was reddened and there were several blotches of medication and a large bandage on his neck. Buddy was all smiles…as were his visitors.

“Please don’t stay long, we would like for Buddy to rest and stay quiet for a few hours while we observe him. He has had a mighty hectic morning.”

Katherine went to Buddy and held him close to her, the other two men seemed to get the message and stepped out of the room with the doctor.

“Buddy I was so frightened for you.”

“I know Mother; I was frightened too…I don’t know if I died or what. But I saw it all and went to a strange place… it was all very queer.”

“Don’t think about it now Buddy, there will be time enough for you to remember and to tell me what you felt. For now, let me just hold you and rejoice that you are alive and well with the grace of God.”

Later as Buddy slipped off into a peaceful sleep, Katherine quietly came from the room. She went first to Father Hermann and he hugged her warmly.

“We dodged a bullet today Katherine.”

“Yes, the Mother Mary worked a miracle Father…Buddy said he died and that he went to a strange place where he saw it all.”

A chill went up the neck of Ham Hambrion and a tear welled in his eye, he was not a religious man, had gone through the war without a scratch but now he thought that maybe there was more to it…why had he been chosen over the thousands of other men in harm’s way?

“I’ll be staying here Father, at least through the night…if Buddy needs me, I won’t be out-of-sight.”

“Yes, Katherine…that will be a good idea, and I will return tomorrow…with love from all the nuns and the children at St. Joseph.”

“Thank you Father for all your efforts on behalf of Buddy and myself…and God bless and keep you.”

“Yes Father, God bless you…may I walk to your car with you,” Hambrion asked.

“Certainly.”

The two men walked away and Katherine stared after them. Everything had changed, in a moment her life had been taken and then as quickly it came again…but somehow more fresh, with a new grace. She knew that it could not remain the same…and Hambrion knew as well that his life had changed…that Katherine saw something through the child’s eyes that she had never seen before and nothing short of perfect would be acceptable for her and her child.

Hambrion knew that he was nowhere close to perfect…he was certain that he would, nor could, be a part of Katherine and Buddy’s life in the future. Perhaps the good priest could give him a prospective, a direction…but he was certain that it would not be the news his heart hoped to hear…when his mind kept drumming out the message that he must let Katherine and Buddy go.

They stood for a long time at the car of Father Hermann.

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