The Story of M.K.

M.K. was a sweet and precious little nine year old girl. She smiled all the time. She was a bright shining light. She made everyone she met smile. She even made the butterflies grin. M.K. was a smart little girl. She was very creative and had a wonderful imagination. She was always happy. M.K. was very, very unique and special and she did one thing that no other little girl in the world did… she never spoke. Not a single word single word came from her smiling mouth. When M.K. wanted to say something she would take her pointer finger and make a drawing in the air. She was very good at drawing and everyone understood exactly what she was meant to say.
One day, while playing in the backyard after school, M.K. decided she wanted a puppy. She went into the house to ask her mommy and daddy if she could have one. She stepped into the middle of the den where her mommy and daddy were, put her finger in the air and began drawing a puppy dog. Her parents smiled and when she was done her father said, “Oh M.K., a dog is a very big responsibility for a little girl. A dog needs to be fed and walked and dogs need baths just like you do.” M.K.s mother added, “and M.K., honey, most of all, a puppy needs to be loved.” M.K. smiled as she listened to her parents and when they were done, she put her finger in the air. She drew a picture of a dog bowl full of food and nodded her head. She drew a picture of a leash and again nodded her head. She finished by drawing a huge heart in the air and she nodded and grinned. Well, M.K.’s parents couldn’t resist her charm and the next day M.K.’s daddy brought her home the cutest, warmest, cuddliest puppy that ever was.
M.K. loved her new puppy very much. She took care of it just like she promised. She played with her puppy every day when she got home from school. One day when she came home, she changed into her play clothes and went out to the back yard to play with her puppy. But her puppy was not there. There was a hole dug under the fence where her puppy had gotten out of the yard. M.K. ran into the house, grabbed her mother, and quickly drew a picture of her puppy in the air and then drew a question mark. Her mother gasped and said, “OH NO, your puppy is gone????” M.K. nodded her head rapidly. Her mother told her to go out in the back yard and look everywhere and that maybe he was still there. M.K. ran back into the yard and looked everywhere, but couldn’t find her puppy. She knew he had run away. M.K. stopped and looked up toward heaven. She drew a picture of her puppy and then drew a question mark. But when she put the dot at the bottom of the question mark, a most amazing thing happened; a beautiful bright sparkling light appeared right where her finger made the dot. It was like a hidden shimmering light in the air that had been turned on by the touch of her finger. M.K knew right then and there, that where her finger was pointed was where she would find her puppy. She ran out the gate in that direction and a few houses away she found her puppy in the neighbor’s yard. She ran to him, gathered him up and held him so tight as she ran right back home. She ran into the house to show her mommy that she had found her puppy.
Later that evening, when her puppy was asleep on her bed, M.K. went back outside in the back yard. She looked up to heaven, drew a picture of her puppy and for the first time in her whole life, she spoke her very first words. In a whisper M.K. said, “thank you”.