Laugh Cry Think

Scary Sand Crabs

“The crab!"

"The crab!"

"Oh my God! The crab is coming to get us, MOM!"

"Oh Billy, you are so silly. That crab is smaller than your smallest little toe."

Billy grabbed his mom's hand.

"Billy, 3-2-1 GET BACK IN THE POOL!"

But Billy yelled in shock when he saw another crab.

"The crab!"

"The CRAB!"

"The CRAB is coming to get us, MOM!"

"Oh Billy, you're so silly!"

Then, Billy laughed so hard that his mom fell into the globety-guckety-muckety wet mess of sand with Billy. 

"Hey Silly Billy. Put your little toesie woesies in the sand too."

Mom waited…

"BILLY. BILLY."

She traced her fingers over his little chest.

"The CRAB. The CRAB. It's coming for…"

"For what Mom? Tell ME!"

Mom's fingers backed up, down away from Billy's neck, and towards his little belt.

Underwear-Stealing Crabs

"The CRAB! It's coming for your ..."

Mom put her hands on her cheeks.

"It's coming for your UNDERWEAR!"

Little Billy jumped out of the sand, and the sand on his shirt flew into the  eye of a Flying Crab.

Mom ran at Little Billy's heels.

"Run faster Billy. Now, it's coming for my underwear too."

Little Billy looked up at the sky.

"Look MOM. It's a Josco."

MOM saw nothing.

"What is it, Little Billy?"

"It's Josco The Underwear Stealing Flying Crab.”

Billy hid behind Mom.

Mom felt her heartbeat for the first time since Little Billy’s dad went off to Heaven.

Angels Appear In Strange Places 

“Look up, Mom.” 

She saw it too.

She held Billy’s hand and they watched as the angel wrote a message in the clouds. 

“If you laugh, if you cry, and if you think, then it’s a good day.”

Today was a good day for Little Billy and his mom.

Further thoughts

1. Original Inspiration- I got the idea for this story from a speech I watched when I was a kid. It was done by an American basketball coach named Jim Valvano during the '93 ESPY Awards. (WATCH VIDEO). At the time of the speech,  he was terminally ill with cancer. One of the most memorable parts of the speech was when he talked about if you want to live a great life that you should do three things every day. Those three things are that you should laugh, cry, and think.

2 Cancer Research Needs Our Support - Jim Valvano died only a few days after he made that speech. The theme of his message that night was that cancer research needs our support.  During his talk,  he announced the creation of a cancer research  foundation naned after him. It was called the Jimmy V Foundation. It has raised 290 million dollars to suport the fight against cancer. You can READ MORE about this tremendous organization. 

3. )One Cancer You Probably Never Heard Of -Has cancer effected someone you love? Wanna do something about it? My father was recently diagnosed with one of the rarest forms of  a terminal Cancer,  called AL Amyloidosis. There are only 4500 diagnosed cases each year which means donations for a cure are often overlooked.  If you would like to know more about how to donate, GO HERE

One more thing...

Do you like to be read to?  Who doesn't,  right?  For an audio reading of the same story, GO HERE