Written for children with terminal illness, and their loved ones, Netty, the author of The Very Lonely Suit, wishes her poem to be a light of hope, inspiration, and comfort to the reader and anyone who hears it-from patients to hospital staff to visitors.
It opens with Johnny in his best suit, fit to deliver a pair of rings on a satin pillow to the waiting bride and groom. After much celebration and cake, the little suit needs a cleaning. A trip through the dry cleaning machines renders the suit good as new, but no one returns to claim it. Johnny outgrows the lonely suit, and his mother gives it to another little boy, who's facing a very different life event.
This time around, the suit dresses its boy up for a ceremony, in which he comes face-to-face with the King of kings. The angels welcome the little boy into his new, eternal life, free of pain and suffering, and full of celebration.
The message is a clear and comforting reminder that God's grace and promise of eternal rejoicing in Heaven lessens the sting of our loved one's passing on from their time on Earth.
About the Author: Netty owns a dry cleaning shop in Riverview, Florida, though she considers herself just the cashier and operator for the true owner of her business-God. The dry cleaning shop is her mission field.
A deeply spiritual person, Netty demonstrates the love of Jesus Christ to all of her customers-people from many walks of life who daily pass through her doors. Occasionally, a customer will visit specifically for an inspirational word or prayer request. And every sales receipt and marketing item bears a meaningful scripture from the Holy Bible.
Netty wrote The Very Lonely Suit in response to seeing so many broken and hurt customers, to show that while we cannot control many of life's tragedies, there is a way to cope and find hope and peace-often through the eyes of a child.
