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I hear that angels can come in all forms whether it’s a stranger on the street or an angelic spirit dressed in white or possibly an invisible act or kind deed of an angel that can’t be seen. My particular angel was invisible, but I indeed felt the warmth and love of this angel. This angel was very comforting and special to me. I’ll never forget that surreal day when I was nine years old telling my mom about what had happened to me the night before. It was her birthday and she had an older friend of mine baby-sit me. Her name was Tammy and I found her really interesting to talk with. Tammy would tell me all sorts of neat stories and I couldn’t wait to grow older and experience those things for myself. She told me exciting things, adventurous things and mostly happy things, but on this particular occasion she told me something very disturbing. She was telling me about the Space Shuttle and that it was going to crash down on earth. I asked her out of curiosity, “Where does it crash?” She exclaimed, “Just anywhere! It can even crash on your house!” This news was not very comforting to me and I sat there crying in disbelief. I was sure that the space shuttle would crash down on my own home and that my family and I would die. I was so afraid that night.  
 
Tammy tried to reassure me, but nothing would calm me down. I was so shaky and panic-stricken. Her words kept repeating in my mind, “It could even crash on your house.” I was so nervous that my stomach was tied in knots. I told Tammy that I wanted to go to bed and that I didn’t want to talk anymore. She thought it was the best idea since she couldn’t calm me down. 
 
I sobbed all the way to my bed and tried to go to sleep. Dozens of thoughts ran through my mind like a high speed train. At this moment I decided to turn to God. I felt he was the only one that would listen to me. He was the only one that would be able to help me in my desperation. So I folded my little hands in prayer and prayed to God to spare the lives of my family and I. I don’t remember all of the prayer that evening, but one particular event I’ll never forget. As I was praying and sobbing while sitting upright I felt a huge benevolent hand upon my left shoulder! My first reaction was to jump since it startled me. Then I looked around the room and thought for a brief moment that it had been Tammy playing a joke on me. She was on the other side of the room asleep. But this fleeting thought passed because I knew that it was God that had this plan in mind. His plan was to send a guardian angel my way to comfort me. The hand felt so loving, warm and so huge. Much bigger than any human hand. I just couldn’t believe this had happened. But I knew why it happened, because after this incident I was calm. I didn’t cry anymore and I knew God would take care of things. I wasn’t afraid of dying anymore. It was God’s way of letting me know through my angel that everything was going to be okay, and it was! I’ll never forget this special angel who helped me that night. I was a basket-case and I thank God and our angels of guidance to let them know how much I appreciate it! 
 
 
Copyright 2007 by Michelle Moffett