Mary Ann:
Dear Joan,
The “coincidences” that God throws my way always make me smile. My 10-year-old son, Gareth, came home from school today and told me that his friend was “very lucky”. This boy had a bad fall on the playground and staff members were afraid that he’d given himself a concussion and broken his thumb, but he was fine. I told Gareth that his friend’s guardian angel was at work.
Gareth was one of those quiet, destructive toddlers,who caused several hundred pounds’ worth of damage to our property and had many, many scary falls. By rights, by his third birthday Gareth should have had at least three concussions, two dozen stitches in his head and a handful of broken bones. As it happens Gareth has never had a trip to the hospital, though I have spent a few sleepless nights sitting up next to him making sure that he wasn’t concussed. I often joke that I owe Gareth’s guardian angel a keg of single malt whisky, but the simple truth is that, if I hadn’t believed in guardian angels before I had Gareth, I certainly would now. We worked in conjuction with his guardian angel, of course, by keeping matches and sharp objects out of Gareth’s reach! It’s probably a mother thing, but I feel closer to Gareth’s angel than he does. His angel has never revealed his name to us, and I won’t go out of my way looking for it if he doesn’t want us to know.
While my 11-year-old daugher has not had as much need for her angel (yet!) my 8-year-old son, who has Autistic Spectrum Disorder, must have a special angel just for children like him.
I also find it interesting how supposedly athiest friends begin to doubt their disbelief in, if not God, at least in angels, when they walk away unscathed from what should have been a nasty accident.
I look forward to reading your posts this week.
Cheers,
Mary Ann in the UK
Joan: Mary Ann, I laughed when you described your little boy. I have four sons, born close together and one of them was a real imp. I wish I had been wise enough to entrust each of them to the angels. I have noticed that small children seem to see angels frequently. Any of you? I think it may be because they are so pure of heart, and they haven’t any preconceived notions of whether they should be able to see the spirit world.
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