"It's Christmas!!!" I jumped up in my bed yelling. "Mom Dad wake up it's Christmas."

"Okay, Okay." Dad said not wanting to get up out of bed.

"I wonder what I got for Christmas." I ran to the presents wanting to find out.

"Richard, we aren't going to open the presents until dad gets home from work." Mom said putting her slippers on.

"When's that?" I asked.

"It's not until this evening."

My big smile turned into a upside down smile, "Why does dad have to go to work on Christmas?"

Hearing me dad picked me up in to his arms, "Son it will be alright, it's just that Christmas is the most busiest time of the year. And considering that I work at a toy factory, well they need more workers."

"Ah Dad, I'll miss you."

Dad smiled, "Hey, I'm only going to be gone until this evening."

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Mom was cooking supper and it was about time when dad was suppose to come home. When mom heard a knock at the door she quickly whiped the greese of her hands and aswered it. I saw to police man talking to her, when she closed the door she started crying.

"Mom whats the matter?" I asked.

"Oh Richird." Mom paused for a little while but then contiuned, "Your Dad, He isn't coming home."

"What? Why not?"

"He's... He's dead."

We both hugged for what seemed like 10 minutes. How could it be my own dad was dead.

"The police man said that he was driving back from work and an on coming semi truck didn't have it's back hooked on real good and while the truck was passing dad it's back fell on dad's car they dad's body was crushed." Mom said taking breaks to sniff.

"Mom, why did this happen to us?"

"I don't know son."

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We had gotten a lot of visits that next day, on person was dad's Pastor.

"Mrs. Winners? I want to get to the point why I visited you. As you know your husband started atending our church regularly two years ago. And one of his were that you would get saved. Mrs. Winners maybe this is God's wake up call for you, Do you know Christ as your personal Savior?" They got into a long conversation which seemed interesting so I listened in.

"Mrs. Winners would you like to take God's wonderful Gift?"

Mom was in tears. "Yes, Yes please?" My mom began praying, "Dear Jesus, I love you, I know I'm a sinner, I know that I deserve hell, but dear Jesus take me to Heaven when I die, And thank you God, for sinding your son down here to die for us. In your name, Amen."

"Now Mrs. Winners did you mean that with all your heart?"

"Yes I did."

"Then Mrs. Winners according to the Bible it's says that nothing can take away your salvation you are on your way to Heaven."

Just then I piped up, "Can I get saved to?"

Mom laughed and then Hugged me. "Of coarse you can Richard."