HONY Part 6
“When I was a little boy I protected my sister from that guy. So I think it’s a happy story and a sad story. The sadness that has happened to me, and the happy side of me. For a long time I thought that God wouldn’t love somebody like me, but I was also a caring person and I made an impact on the world. With the Special Olympics and everything like that, showing people I was just like them. At my job, people call me superman. I lift heavy boxes with my arm, and driving the forklift, and helping everybody. They say ‘Gene you’re a hero.’ Because of the things I can do.
One day I’m going to get a new body in heaven, and I’ll be able to do all the things that other people can do. I hope the man who did this to me is there. In heaven. I believe he’ll be there. Because God says we should forgive people no matter what. And everyone deserves a second chance. So I hope he’s in heaven. And when I see him there I’d like to ask him some things. Like why did he do it to me? Maybe he didn’t know what he was doing. Maybe he was angry at the world, and he was angry at God. I know what that’s like because I was angry at God once. Maybe the man was really sorry about what he did. And maybe he lived with that pain for the rest of his life. So when I see him in heaven I’m going to tell him, face-to-face, that I forgive him and I love him. And then I’d like to talk to God. But not like he’s God-- I want to talk to him like he’s my friend. I’m going to ask him for forgiveness. And I’m going to say: ‘Do you love me? No matter what?’ I hope he tells me ‘yes.’ And that he understands why I made the mistakes that I made. And that he forgives me no matter what. Then I’m going to ask him about the day I got hurt. Like why did it happen? Because I was just a baby, and I’m not sure why he would let somebody hurt a baby like that. And I think maybe he will start crying. He’ll tell me he saw me getting hurt that day, and he let it happen. But that it made him so sad. And he had tears running down his cheek. Seeing his son get hurt like that. And then he’ll probably tell me he’s so sorry. And I’ll tell him, face-to-face, that I still love him. And that I forgive him no matter what.”
