The Story Of An Angel

Grandma once told me that angels are special spirits and the guardians of our world. Their true home is at a very distant destination surrounded with astonishing unfathomable wonders. Many books call that Heaven, but she didn’t give this place a name. She couldn’t quite describe what it looked like with words, but as I watched her stare blankly and smile I could feel the joy radiating from her face. It was the joyous smile I had whenever I finally pieced together images of what I could remember from my dreams, but with the intensity of a past memory you’d desperately hold so it doesn’t slip away again.

Within the divinity of the angel’s birthplace, Grandma said their truest form glows and is a breathtaking sight for a person to witness. But, when they visit us, they have the power to become the shape of any creature on Earth. It’s their most helpful and necessary skill. This way, the only opportunity to truly know if you’re in the presence of an angel is to see wonder in even the ordinary. Or, of course, if they trust to reveal themselves to you and tell you the most important secret. She said an angel’s ultimate duty is to protect and love different living things that they are assigned to assist, until their assignment is complete. This assignment may take a brief moment of redirection, or it could take years of nurturing and connection. It’s ultimately not their decision. Only the living can determine how long they are needed. And then, they return home.

Instead of asking her why she was telling me all this, I asked her what’s an angel’s most important secret. She looked deeply in my eyes and smiled. Her hand touched mine, and I felt an energy I’ve never felt from another. An energy that I feared would disappear after we shared our last goodbyes, but I still feel it around me whenever my entire body is shivering from the grief of her loss. Grandma held me and said,

“The secret is to treat every thing like it was brought to you from a higher place. We’re all here for a reason.”