This evening, Mom was sending some kids home.
The time was 6 pm.
A 6 year old boy requested for cartoons.
Mom leaned forward to turn on the DVD.
A few seconds later, she asked casually, "Which cartoon is this?"
"Stitch ..." came the answer.
Pause ...
Stitch ...
Flashback to your very first surgery.
You were 7 years old.
In hospital.
Aunty J brought Stitch when she came to visit You, before the brain op.
Stitch was with You when the porter came to wheel You away to the surgery floor.
That was like - what - 12 years ago maybe.
Sad sad sigh ...
How could that period of time that happened so long ago still hurts like it happened yesterday?
Her pulse beat dully.
As for her thoughts ... they were far, far away.
There will always be that - void - that will never be filled.
That's okay, she reminded herself firmly.
Let the pain remain ...
Yes, the pain must remain, if that's the only way for her to be close to her son.
That's the way it was meant to be.
So anyway, she dropped the kids off and was heading back to school.
She leaned over to the player to switch over from the DVD to the radio station.
Immediately, she heard the TITANIC lyrics :
Near ... far ... wherever you are ...
Mom glanced at the time on the dashboard.
The time showed 6:26 pm.
You are safe in my heart and ...
My heart will go on and on ...
6:26 pm ...
Her first thoughts were : Six Two Six ... Fourteen ...
14
Her angel number.
I AM NUMBER FOUR.
626.
She remembers repeating 626 in her head several times, quite consciously.
There was just something about that 626 that she just couldn't put her finger on.
You must have been whispering to Mom. She's sure of it now.
626, Ma ... 626 ...
Then suddenly ... quite suddenly ... she experienced a bolt of enlightenment that left her gaping at the 626.
Omg ...
You don't say ...
Seriously ....
Omg ...
She couldn't believe it ...
What are the chances?
626 ...
But of course ...
Experiment 626 ...
How is this possible?
Why, that's Stitch ...
Stitch is Experiment 626 ...
Mom did not hear this word / number 626 mentioned at all in the car while the cartoon was on. So how could she have remembered the connection? There was no way she could have connected the time 6:26 pm on the dashboard to the Experiment 626 in Lilo & Stitch.
No way ... not unless You were whispering to her.
Gosh Daniel ... You're really right beside Mom all the time, aren't You?
You can really read your mother's mind, can't You?
I know what you're thinking, Ma ...
Oh my gosh ... it's unbelievable.
The TITANIC song ended.
Mom was not really listening to the next song, as she was still quite overwhelmed with the 626 zap. However, it was within minutes, when she heard the lines :
You'll be in my heart (TARZAN) ...
Pause ...
Gosh Son ...
Two songs ... similar message ...
You are safe in my heart ...
and You'll be in my heart ...
to make sure Mom knows without any doubt that that 626 zap was from You.
Two ...
Daily ... You remind Mom, Son ...
Please continue to remind her, okay ... again and again ... that You're near.
Always okay, Son ...
We love You so very much ... <3
