Angels [KT]

Well, today is the Saturday before Hanukkah and Christmas. Both holidays involve stories about miracles. I thought a story about a little miracle might be appropriate today.

You might recall that Gerard Van der Leun lost his home in the Camp Fire. But he got out with his little cat and his computer. Rather miraculously.

He has written a lot of thoughtful pieces since then. Take a look around his American Digest. Today, he posted a piece about the Creche by the Side of the Road. You may have seen it if you have driven over the Grapevine in California.

Recently, he wrote about taking a fall:

I step into the brightly lit mall with new, unstable shoes, whose soles are soaking wet onto a concrete mall floor that seems to have been recently waxed to make all things shinier for Christmas. Of course, three steps in both my shoes begin to hydroplane at the same moment and my 240 pound, 6? 1?72-year-old body starts down towards the concrete floor and a very bad Christmas.

At that precise moment, a hand grips my right arm firmly and breaks my fall. I still land on the floor in a heap but a quick personal inventory of bones and muscles tells me that although "shaken up on the play" I am still good to go. The person holding my arm who saved me from the floor leans over me.

This mall angel may not have looked like the perfect person to save him, but you should read the details at the link to understand why he writes:

I once believed in a universe of random events where things happen for no reason; a pure random universe. After these last two months, I am resigning the Church of "Random."

Have you ever had an experience like this that makes you think that a person who has shown up at just the right time is actually your angel, just for that moment?

Music

Okay, this might start out a little hokey, but stick with it. United States Army Band "Pershing's Own":

This is the Thread before the Gardening Thread. Even though it's a little different.

posted by Open Blogger at 11:23 AM

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