Mom's Angel Stories


by Linell Redden


These are two separate incidences and have to do with my mom only, but I
was
there to witness this. Keep in mind my mom was a very dedicated nurse
all her life,
taking care of other people; and my thoughts are this has something to
do with her
being flanked by an angel.

The first occurrence -

My brother had died of cancer in Austin, TX, and we had an afternoon to
gather all
the family for the evening service in my brother's memory. We went to
6th street in
Austin which is a little off anyway, and had lunch and wasted some time.
It got hot,
so my husband and sister went to get the car, as I waited with my nephew
and my
mom. There were a couple of guys hanging around, and one may have been
drinking (which is non uncommon in that area of town). But, he was very
genuine
with my mother, and was just chatting with her and had said to her, "I
bet you think I
am weird, or different, or something like that." My mom being in her
80's just said,
"Well, I don't understand why y'all wear your caps backwards." So, the
man turned
his hat around on his head out of respect to her and said, "Is that
better?" Anyway,
they chatted a bit more (not about much) and my husband pulled up in the
car. As I
opened the door for her...we turned to say goodbye, and the man said to
her, "You
know I'm an angel?" That was it...

I didn't think much of it; just some weird guy.

About one year later, we were at my brother's grave site in Dallas
fixing it up and we
had bought an angel statue and some flowers, etc. After we were
finished fixing
everything up, we sat for a while and a middle aged woman came up and
said,
"May I bother you?" We said, "Of course...can we help you?" She said,
"I just
wanted to tell you that there is an angel standing behind you." We
thought she was
talking about the angel statue we just put on the grave site, and
explained we didn't
have a gravestone yet. She said, "No...not that angel. There is a
seven foot angel
standing behind you (meaning behind my mom)." Of course I am freaking
out (and
my mom is really handling this all quite well). We sat and talked with
her and asked
her if she knew my brother's wife's family (where he was buried). "No."
We then
asked about her family and who she was here to visit, etc. It turned
out her name
was "Marge," which is my mom's name; and that she had a daughter living
in Austin
who is a nurse at the hospital where my brother passed away. We all
really didn't
say much more...

Coincidence? I don't know; but I have told my mom one more angel story
with her
around, and I am convinced she has a very special angel looking over
her. She has
had a good life; but a disappointing life, and has an underlying
sadness. She gives,
and gives to people, and does very little for herself. And like I said,
she was an
exceptional, compassionate nurse.

What do you think. Is there something to this?

Humm, well all I can say its not something I would question or try to
figure out but be thankful for gods angel that is there. I almost
thought you were fixing to say the lady had said he was wearing a
baseball cap.

Your mom must be a very special woman for the angels to WANT her to know
they are around her..most never know they are being looked after by
angels..they just think "wow I'm lucky"..no its not just luck..its your
angel..and everyone has an angel..just most times they stay behind the
scenes..but not always..and I think I will shut up now so no one thinks
I'm crazy..lol..but trust me I am not..well not in this area
anyways..lol

Ohh noo would not think that for what you say I have always believed
that each of us has an angel the ones that there angel's let it be known
are blessed in that aspect.

Well that was areal cool story.. Yea really kinda freaky but you know
what I believe or lets just say I hope!! The whole graveyard scene would
have brought me to the edge.Hey sry about you bro I mean that from my
heart I always hate hearing about loss. You never know it may be him
that is hanging around..Thanks for the story!!

nice story angel
I do believe that we have a guardian angel looking out for us, at all
times even more when we are sad.

Well..at the risk of sounding completely insane..lol..I have had many
experiences with my angels..I know them by name and I see them quite
often and I have for years..I know many other people that know their
angels by name also and communicate with them daily

Well all I can say is your one of the lucky ones. Not insane at all.

I believe we all have an angel or spirit(s) that are attached to us so
to speak..I have 3 constant spirit companions, my 2 grandparents, and a
4 yr old girl that thinks I'm her daddy (her real father was killed in
Viet Nam). She has a photo of him and it looks like me lol

my mom used to thank our gardian angels all the time with all the boys
in our family ..i think those are really cool stories too i totally
believe in angels and i thank mine pretty often too.especially after
having a car land on the roof of my car i thank my gaurdian angels any
time i do something dangerous.

Public..Your little girl story sounds like mine..lol..one of the spirits
in my house is a little six year old girl and she thinks I'm her
mommy..she calls mommy..even when i was her age she called me
mommy..lol..shes so cute tho..i actually found out why she does it too