I’d want my angel to be more buff, and fiercer. With a sword.
As long as there have been moms I’m willing to bet that there’s been talk of guardian angels. Not The Guardian Angels, but literal angels who guard human beings, especially children. There are Biblical references to angels who fit into this role, even from the lips of Jesus (Matthew 18:10) and Peter (Acts 12:12-15).
Bear with me here, this is going somewhere.
Kim was the latest casualty in the Flu War that Team Sublett has been fighting. All the non-Chinese people in the house went down at one point or another this week. I got a billion automated emails from the school district about absent kids. It hit me Saturday, and Kim Sunday night about midnight. That meant that I spent the day working from home and trying to keep Charlie entertained.
More than once the little stumbler tripped one step away from the edge of the coffee table or a chair leg or a step. Each time he’d go down my heart would leap into my throat and I’d expect to see a geyser of blood. But each time he was just a smidgeon out of the danger zone. Kim said that his guardian angel must have been working overtime today.
So what do you think? Guardian angels–yes or no. Amy Grant has already voted. I’ve always joked that those folks who drive over too fast are on their own, because their guardian angel can’t hold on to the vehicle once you break the speed limit. But what do I know?
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