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Angels All Around Us
International Angel Day is Sunday, September 12, 2010 - a celebration around the world of the angelic realm.
As I was preparing for the celebration that Elizabeth and I will offer in communion with so many others I was remembering how connected to the angels I was as a small child. I had a true rapport and ongoing relationship with my Guardian Angel. I can remember lying in my twin bed, leaving a space next to me so my angel could also lie down and sleep when I was sleeping. While I didn’t see my angel, I talked to her all the time - to tell her about my day and my little girl dreams and concerns. My Guardian Angel was a comfort and companion at a time when I needed that most.
In a real fit of identification with my angel, I decided that I should cut off half my bangs and give them to her. This little adventure happened because my mother had shown me a picture of angels in a story book, and, at age three, I noticed that the angels didn’t have bangs. So, later that day, after everyone had gone to sleep, I took my mother’s craft scissors silently out of the drawer where she kept them, opened the window in the bedroom I shared with my sister and cut part of my bangs off and threw the hair out the window so my angel could catch them.
You can imagine my mother’s reaction when she saw me the next morning with zig-zag bangs beyond the repair of any stylist’s skill. At first she thought my sister who was older had done it as a prank but no. I patiently explained to her that angels didn’t have bangs so I cut half of mine off to give them to the angels so I could be more like them and they could be more like me. Try arguing with that logic!!
Do you have favorite memories from your childhood of your relationship with the angels? If so, connect with them again in the spirit of International Angel Day and invite in again that little child’s belief, love and grace.
Just stay away from the scissors!
Posted by Cathleen O’Connor
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