The narrator witnessed a young boy in a store who did not have enough money to purchase a doll for his sister who had passed away. The boy asked his grandmother for help, but she said she needed to run an errand. When the boy showed the narrator a photo of his family, the boy explained that his mother was sick and soon going to be with his sister and God. The narrator paid the difference for the doll so the boy could give it to his mother to pass on. The narrator later learned the boy's family had been hit by a drunk driver, killing the young sister and leaving the mother in critical condition. At the mother's funeral, the narrator saw the doll and photo with her