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by Dana Christmas

Fighting smoke and re, her guardian angel came to her rescue

ay To Go! I clled t fiend dwn the hll. Hpp New

ye! Clsing the d t m dm m I smiled, gld t be bc

t Setn Hll Univesit. Tht Jnu night tw es g wed been

celebting get beginning t the semeste: ou bsetbll tem

hd just bet u N. 1 ivl, St. Jhns Univesit. Thed lws slmmed us

befe, but tht night wed iced thei butts. yes! I sid, spinning und in

m m, feeling tiumphnt.

Id cme bc t cmpus fte Chistms be t hme with m fmil in

Ptesn, but 45 minutes w. Mm hd wnted me t st lnge, s l-

ws, but I ws excited t stt the new semeste. I ws pud t be cntinuing

tditin t Setn Hll. M mm hd gne thee, s well s m gdmthe

nd m high schl ment. In few mnths Id gdute with degee inciminl justice. Cllege hd gne b s fst, nd being seni seemed lie

dem, especill since I ws in Blnd Hll, whee Id lived s feshmn.

Nw I ws esident mnge, in chge f hunded students in tw wings

of the dorms third oor. I wasnt that much older, but I was like a den mother

t these feshmen. Smetimes wed tl in the lunge. The cme t me f

dvice but schl dting, just becuse the wee lnel. Sme f them

helped me t, setting n exmple with thei stng fith. Id lws gne t

chuch, but I didnt nw Gd lie sme f thse ids. Hes with us, Mm

wuld s. yu cn feel his spiit. I wished I culd.

Still, I sid m pes. Whee e u in m life, Gd? I wndeed, ll cz

in bed tht night. It ws quiet in the dm. I new m fiends lng the thidoor were also settling in before classes the next day. And we even beat St.

Jhns. yes! I switched ff the light. This ws ging t be get new e.

The piercing whine of the re alarm woke me. Oh, no, I thught, not again.

Wed hd s mn flse lms tht e Id lst cunt. I culdnt let tht stp

me. It ws still pitch-d utside s I stuggled ut f bed. I new mst f

the feshmen wuld tun ve nd g bc t sleep, but it ws m jb t chec

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if evething ws ll ight. I stepped int the hll, nd led left, dwn the

hll t u lunge. Flmes blzed inside the lunge, nd thic blc sme

lled thugh the dw. I std f secnd in shc. This is a re! This

is real!Pniced, I leped bc int m m. What do I do?I culd pen the

windw nd jump. I culd ce dwn the stisne f fu exit ds n

the oor was next to my room.No! I have to help my friends. I n int the sm

hll, sceming: Fie! M ees stung with the sme. Fie! I scemed

gin, huing pst the lunge t the ms bend.

I punded n ds lng the hll. We up! Get ut! Fie! Didnt n-

bd he me? The sme ws ching me, nd I stumbled bc t m m,

slmming the d. I gsped the clen i inside. M hed hut s much! M

hi ws sizzling. I ubbed t m sclp, ting t stp the buning. I pushed the

windw pen. Fie! I scemed. Plese! We up! Lights cme n in win-

dws und mine. Sme ids wee getting up! Thn Gd!

I hd t g bc t wn the thes. a wll f sme hit me in the fce s I

pened the d, but I n pst the lunge gin. We up! I elled, pund-

ing lie cz n eve m. Finll, ds begn t pen, nd the ids n

twd the exits. The i ws thic with sme nd scems. Dn! yue nre! someone cried out.

SMaCkED WILDLyat the ames in my clothes and struggled once

me t m m. a few gsps f i nd I ws bc ut in the hll. This

time I tuned ight, punding n ds in the the wing. Fie! I hed

ids getting up. The sme nw cveed evething lie stining

blnet. I culdnt see, but I hed ids stumbling twd the exits. M lungs

buned. I culdnt stp cing. Oh, God, help me. Im so afraid.

I mde m w bc t m m. Thees clen i in thee, I tld mself. M

hnds hut s much I culdnt feel the wlls. M hed thbbed. I eched thedoor, but my knees buckled. I had no strength left. I collapsed on the oor.

Hld n. a mn ws clling t me, his wds difting thugh the sme

like a fresh breeze. Im coming for you. I glimpsed a ash of white. Then

stng ms embced me, lifting me, ising me up. as we mved slwl

thugh the blcness I n lnge felt pin. I culdnt see him, but the mn

held me tight. I hed d slm, nd I felt us descending stiw, escping

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int the night. The cl i swept ve me.

I dont remember when I woke up, but my rst thought was, I have to get to

class. Pushing bc the sheets n m bed, I gped f m snees.

Dn! m mthe cied. Wht e u ding? She gentl lid me dwn

gin, nd I sw fe in he ees. Dnt u nw wht uve been thugh?

I elized I ws in hspitl bed. Mm tld me Id been in citicl cnditin

f sevel weesnd in n induced cm t help me hel. Wst f ll, I

learned many freshmen had been injured in the re, and three of my friends on

the third oor didnt make it. Everyone else got out, Dana, Mom said. You

did evething u culd. Slwl I put the pieces bc tgethe gin in m

mind, ll except ne. M best fiend tld me lte tht the the ids thught

Id died in the re. She saw me come down the steps to the rst oor and walk

ut f the building lne.

Wl? I sed. Impssible. M dct geed. With the seveit f m

burns, I couldnt have taken another step, he said. Certainly not three ights of

stis. When I tld m mthe hw Id escped, she undestd immeditel.

yu felt his spiit, she sid, nd t lst I new whee Gd ws in m life. He

ws cing me thugh it.

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T WaS STraNGE being bc t the rnld McDnld Huse in Minne-

st. F mnths m fmil hd lived hee while m nine-e-ld bthe,

Evn, bttled denleudstph, cnditin tht ffected the denl

glnds nd white mtte f the bin. afte Evn died we went hme

t Clifni. Nw, mnths lte, m mm nd I hd etuned t Minnest t

thn the hspitl stff f ll thed dne. Lsing Evn still hut s much. Id

hped this tip wuld help me hel.

The dcts nd nuses weent the nl nes I wnted t see duing u visit.

Hi, kell! I sid t ne f the esidents fm the rnld McDnld Huse s I

wled int the dilsis unit t the hspitl. In the cib beside he ws he tw-

e-ld sn wh ws ptient. Dminis bight bwn ees wee the sme s

eve. Unftuntel, s ws his cnditin. Dmini ws bn with filing idnes.Every day a dialysis machine ltered the impurities from his body. Kelly had do-

nted ne f he idnes, but he sns bd ejected the tnsplnt.

Dmini blined sleepil t us fm the cib. He ws tied fm the dilsis.

We sat down to catch up. Any luck nding a donor? Mom asked Kelly.

She sh he hed. Dminis siste nd bthe wee t ung t dnte,

nd Dminis dd hd been tested, but he wsnt mtch. all we cn d is wit

f n nnmus dn, kell sid.

Witing. M fmil new t much but tht. I ws in m sphme e f

cllege t USC when m dd clled t s Evn hd hd seizue t swim pc-

tice nd ws ushed t the hspitl. Wed cme ut t Minnest s Evn culd

get bne mw tnsplnt. Dcts sid tht might eep him live. I wsnt mtch f Evn nd neithe wee m pents siblings. We wee uttel helpless

while the clc ticed ginst the child we lved s del.

Dominik sat quietly in his crib as we talked. I remembered the rst time Id

seen him. It ws in the itchen t the rnld McDnld Huse. Mm nd I

t tuns cing dinne nd spending the night with Evn in his m t the

hspitl. Tht pticul night ws m tun t c. I ws stnding t the stve

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when this little cul-hied b tddled thugh the itchen nd dwn the hll

t the plm. I ws s fcused n Evn I bel nticed the the fmilies in

the huse. But smething but Dmini mde me smile.

Evn gt his tnsplnt, but died few mnths lte fm cmplictins. I

went bc t USC, with Evn neve f fm m thughts. and then Dmini

ws fetued n TV shw. Evan never got better, I thught. Dominik might not either.

There was nothing I could do for Evan now, but Dominik was still ghting for

his life. When the shw ws ve I e-miled kell. Mbe I shuld get tested t

see if I cn be dn, I tped. I nw it sunds weid, but I feel lie I culd

be mtch.

M, u need t thin but uself ight nw, she e-miled bc.

ELLy WaS rIGHT. I switched ff the cmpute. I needed t del

with m feelings ve lsing Evn. Besides, hw did I thin I culd

be mtch f little b I didnt nw? The dds wee ginst it.

Still the feeling cntinued t niggle t me eve time I checed

kells web pge f updtes n Dminis cnditin. Nw, with Dmini sittingight befe m ees, the feeling ws even stnge. I wuld hve dne nthing

t sve m little bthe, but thee ws nthing I culd d. Nt f Evn. But

wht but Dmini? Hw wndeful it wuld be t eep his fmil fm ex-

peiencing the lss m fmil suffeed. Id felt helpless f s lng. De Gd, I

wndeed, is this n pptunit t stp tht wful empt feeling?

Tht night I tld m mm I wnted t be tested s dn f Dmini.

afte his ne filed tnsplnt thee ws nl thee pecent chnce tht nne

else wuld be cmptible becuse new ntibdies wee ceted when his bd

ejected his mthes gn. When I l t Dmini I thin but Evn, hw

he ws s hpeful ight up until the end. His tnsplnt dn ws big pt f

tht. I thin Evn wuld wnt me t t. I feel lie Gd wuld wnt me t tt.

Mm undestd. In fct, she felt the sme w. Befe ging bc hme t

Clifni we bth gt tested. We new it ws lng sht. We hd nthing t lse.

a wee lte I ws sitting in clss listening t lectue when m cell phne

buzzed. The displ shwed Id missed cll fm the Minnest e cde. a

secnd lte text cme in fm Mm: oMG. The tnsplnt cente clled.

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Chec u vice mil.

I clled the cente s sn s I gt ut f clss. yu e ne hunded pecent

cmptible, the tnsplnt cdint sid. yu culdnt be clse if u wee

Dminis sibling even his identicl twin.

althugh I new I wnted t be idne dn, I didnt nw wht the p-

cess entiled. I fund ut ve the next few wees. I t lt f tests: X s,

n EkG, CT scn. Me imptntl the dcts equied pschitic evlu-

tin. We need t be sue u wnt blme uself if the tnsplnt desnt

w, the pschitist explined when I met with he. Especill since uve

just lst u bthe.

I new I might nt be ble t sve Dmini. I just wnted t t.

Finally the doctors approved me for a transplant. Theyd notied Kelly there

ws ptentil dn. The pesn is still unnwn t us, she wte n he web

page. We cant be sure until its ofcial. It was time to give her the news.

BoUGHT a SCraPBook t the cmpus bste. In it I psted

cpies f m test esults, e-mils f kell nd me discussing Dminissech f idne, nd kells updtes but the msteius dn. I ls

included the tn pge fm m schl nteb whee Id jtted dwn

the messge fm the tnsplnt cente. Then I sent the whle pcge t kell.

a few ds lte, exctl e since Dd clled with the bd news but

Evn, I st t m cmpute t wtch kell n the webcm s she pened the

scrapbook for the rst time. She ipped through the pages, not understanding

wht it ll ment. Nt until she gt t the lst pge, whee I wte in big lettes: I

aM THE DoNor.

M! kell elled. Then she stted t c. I cnt believe it!

She bught the cmpute t the hspitl whee Dmini ws hving his di-

lsis. Wh will give u idne? his fthe sid n the webcm.M! Dmini shuted.

and whees tht new idne ging t g when u get it? sed kell.

Dmini pulled up his shit nd pinted t himself. In m bell!

Thee wees lte Dmini hd new idne. This time his bd didnt eject

it. The doctors called it a perfect t. And me? Naturally, I still miss my brother

nd I lws will, but Ive gne fm feeling helpless t heled.

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by miChael herrera

Even in Vietnam, guardian angels were watching over him

Angel SightingSVam

IETNaM WaS CaLLED the lnd tht Gd fgt. I sue sw

the tuth f tht, seving s cmbt medic in the lte 1960s. M

rst nine months of duty were spent taking care of casualties chop-

peed in t Lnding Zne Sll, bse nth f Hue. at 20 Id seen

me suffeing nd deth thn Id eve imgined pssible. a mns life hd n

mening hee. Hw culd I still believe in Gd wh ced but us, Gd

wh ced but me?

In octbe 1968, I ws tnsfeed fm LZ Sll t the Fist Cvl Divi-

sin hedqutes t an khe in the centl highlnds. an khe ws huge bse

camp with an aireld, post exchanges, a commissary and clubs for ofcers and

enlisted men f c fm the Sptn existence t LZ Sll, whee wed lived

in undegund bunes. The w ws still evewhee und us.But t an khe I felt me lie humn being gin.

M cmpn ptlled utside the bse in the dtime, seching f mt

tubes, unds nd cets. at night we pulled gud dut n the peimete. Thee

wee mchine guns n twes t diffeent intevls, nd sndbgged fxhles in

between. We wee einfced with me tps nd Qud 50fu .50-clibe

machine guns mounted on a atbed truck. The crew red rounds into the eld

t discuge gund ssults fm the Vietcng. It seemed we wee n clse t

pece thn the mment wed ived.

I spent m fee time t the enlisted mens club n bse. one night I wled in,

nd thee ws this ll-ameicn gu stnding n chi, lip-snching t sng n

the juebx but lsing his gil. He ws s int it I hd t lugh. Thts Tm,ne f the GIs clued me in.

Lte budd intduced us, nd Tm nd I hit it ff ight fm the stt.

He shwed me pictue f his gil bc hme. Wee getting mied, he sid

pudl. Then he ginned, pulling me pictues f pett wmen fm his wl-

let. Nw whtll I d with ll these? he sed. Just je, id, Tm sid. I

nally found love, and it beats all.

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Tm hd fee spiit tht seemed t ise bve the gim elit und us.

When this is ve, I wnt u t cme meet m fls, he sid nce, thwing

his m und m shulde lie bthe. Tm mde me feel gd but life

gin. We hung ut t the club, whee Tm wuld lip-snch till the cwd went

wild. G, Tm! wed ell. N mtte wht wed been thugh ut n the peim-

ete, Tms ntics neve filed t chee us up.

Tm ws nl tw es lde thn me, led sesned gunt. Hed spent

time in nthe line unit befe cming t an khe. one night I sw him in c-

tin. ou cmpn ws n the peimete, nd it ws ell bd. The Vietcng

wee ut in fce. Enem tces bunced ff bune but 100 ds t u

left. The Quad 50 was nowhere in sight. We returned re. Tom manned an M-60

mchine gun. I hndled the M-79 gende lunche.

oTHING SEEMED To SToP the dvnce f the Vietcng.

We need i suppt! Tm elled. He ws ttll fcused,

rounds blazing from his M-60. The sight of him lled me with

condence. We were ghting for our lives, all of us together. Ihd t d wht I culd t help. God, dont let me make a mistake. I gbbed the -

di. I shuted int the muthpiece f i suppt. In minutes, thee ws -

ing whp-whp-whp vehed, nd tw Cb ssult helicptes ppeed.

Machine gun and rocket re streamed from the two choppers, strang the enemy.

Thundeus chees eupted. The Cng wee uted.

Seven mnths lte the entie divisin ws depled t nthe tcticl zne.

Our rie company was disbanded, and all grunts were reassigned to other units.

I was going to nish my tour of duty with a medical company in Phuoc Vinh,

nth f Sign. a gng f us gt tgethe t the club t s gd-be. Tm

ws his usul hpp-g-luc self, but hed been ssigned t the thic f cmbt.

I tld him I ws wied. He bushed it side. This is the id, he shuted tevene, smiling in m diectin, nd the id is ging hme!

Sn hed be ging hme t, nd his plns f the futue mde me believe

tht thee wuld be life gd lifefte the w. His dd hd jb witing

f him in the fmil business, nd his gil ws plnning thei wedding. Tm t

me side t the pt. I wnt u t be m best mn, he sid. I gt ind f

ched up. yue fmil nw, Tm sid, eching und m shulde, hug-

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ging me clse. We pmised t eep in tuch thugh in-cunt mil.

At the clinic in Phuoc Vinh I took care of casualties coming in from the eld.

Eve d I wied but Tm. I deded unzipping bd bgs, feing I might

see his fce. Wheneve I gt lette fm him, I bethed sigh f elief. keep

smiling, id, hed wite. o, Cunting the ds till wee bth bc hme. But

fte cuple mnths, his lettes stpped cming.

In Jul 1969 I ws chppeed dwn t the ibse t Bien H t pcess ut.

Standing in line for my papers, I spotted a buddy from the old rie company. We

chtted f bit. Then he mentined Tm. He sue ws get gu, he sid. I

backed away, stunned. Was? I dont believe it. I had to nd out for myself. I went

t the wehuses whee pesnnel ecds wee ept.

I wnt t see the illed-in-ctin list, I sid t GI t the des. Sue, the

sldie sid. Wh u lin f?

I spelled ut Tms nme, nd in mments the GI pulled ut 3x5 cd.

Hee u g, he sid. I stpped bething. Nt Tm. Nt Tm. I left the sl-

die hlding the index cd, nd stumbled ut, lst in the lnd tht Gd fgt.

DoNT kNoW HoW LoNG I WaNDErED und the bse, but I

found myself in an empty parking lot, telephone poles lying at on the

gund t designte spces f milit vehicles. I sn dwn n ne f

the poles. My heart was heavy, my mind lled with memories of my

budd Tm. yue fmil, hed sid, hugging me clse. Tm hd evething t

live f. Wht did I hve? all the hpe hed given me seemed t hve died with

him out there on the battleeld.

Ting deep beth, I ised m hed nd wiped tes fm m ees. I ws

startled to see a gure moving toward me. In seconds he was standing in front of

me. Other gures appeared to my left and right, wearing owing robes. Some of

them st lngside me n the telephne ple.The gure in front of me knelt, putting his hand on mine. The others put

thei ms und m shuldes, just s m cmde Tm nce hd. But wh

wee these cmftes? M bd elxed, nd I n lnge felt s if I cied the

weight f m sw b mself. Then I elized wht ws hppening. angels.

I gsped the hnd f the ne in fnt f me nd led und t the thes.

Thei cncen f m well-being, thei sdness f m lss nd f the hs f

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Vietnm wee lmst plpble.

Thn u, I whispeed, slwl ising t m feet. The ngels vnished s

suddenl s thed ppeed, but I new Gd hd nt fgtten this lnd tn b

w, n me thn hed fgtten me.

The ngels he sent tht d e with me still. Im nt sing tht life hs been

es f me in the es since I etuned hme. But when things seem thei

wst, I emembe hw much Gd hs given me. He sent Tm t give me hpe

duing wtime, then ngels t give me hpe f lifetime.

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by Carol sanzone

Reected in the hospital window were dozens of healing angels

Angel SightingSi O.R.

HILDHooD SWEETHEarTS, Je nd I hd lws ten ce

f ech the. But I culdnt d much t cmft him when his

stmch cnce pgessed t the pint whee he culd n lnge

digest fd. a centl line wuld be inseted in vein ne his

het t give him the nutients he needed. Hell be we duing the pcedue,

the sugen sid. If u st u must be ve quiet. o else ull hve t g.

I st in the lunge chi in the cne. The sugen cveed Je with steile

sheet nd stted the pcedue. Je winced. Instinctivel I mved t cmft

him but cught mself. If you interfere theyll make you leave.

But I culdnt be t wtch Je suffe nd tuned twd the windw. The

doctors and nurses were reected clearly in it. Joe moaned softly. Lord, hes in pain.

M ees welled with tes nd I shut them tight. Please comfort Joe.I opened my eyes and looked back at the window. In the reection I saw Joe

nd the dctsnd smething me. angels. The m ws full f them!

Bright, white gures glided over Joe and swooped in and out around the staff. I

turned my head to see them, but they were only visible in the reection of the

windw.

When the pcedue ws ve I gt up nd sted Jes fehed. Tht

wsnt s bd, Je sid. I culdnt lws cmft him, but Gd culd.

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by traCy rafferty

a g g c w --

Angel SightingSi Bdroom

y HUSBaND FoUND ME sitting in puddle f hlf dzen

broken eggs on the kitchen oor. What happened? he asked.

I dpped them, I sid, sbbing. Cnt u see?

Tdd thew up his hnds. Hed tied t undestnd me, but he

culdnt. Six mnths pegnnt, I veected t evething, smetimes busting

int tes f n ppent esn. Tdd nd I hd been high-schl sweethets,

and we were happy about our rst baby, but we were only 20 years old. It was all

t new nd vewhelming. We bth hd full-time jbs, nd Tdd ften wed

lte, s I ws fequentl t hme lne. Id lws been bit f wwt, nd

m pegnnc hd incesed m nxiet t the pint f lunc. Hd s I tied, I

culdnt seem t help it. Did I leve the cffee pt n? Id s, unning bc

int the huse t chec. Is the fnt d lced? Id wnde in the middle fthe night.

I wied ll the time, especill but m bb. The medi mde things wse.

Eve televisin shw I wtched nd eve mgzine I ed seemed t highlight

the ve things tht sced me. Pemtue bith. Sudden infnt deth sndme.

Bith defects. I peppeed m dct with questins duing m egul checups.

Hmnl chnges heighten feelings f nxiet, hed tell me. T t elx.

Easy for him to say, I thught. Hw culd wmn enj being pegnnt with ll

tht culd g wng? Then ne d his secet pinted ut the vedue bl-

nce n u bill. Tdd nd I mde mnthl pments, s much s we culd f-

fd. Why this? Why now? How many more things do I have to worry about?

Tdd wsnt hme when I gt thee. I mde sme chclte mil nd put mfeet up n the cuch. Wh culdnt I elx? Wh? I sed. Plese, Gd, wh?

I shuld be hpp but the bb, but ll I d is w.

I tled but evethingm bbs helth, m lneliness when Tdd ws

gne, u jbs, the dct billevething. Im fid, I sid t lst. N ne

cn help me but u. I sighed with elief. I felt lie buden hd been lifted

fm m shuldes. I ws elxed when Tdd gt hme fm w.

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I difted ff t sleep tht night feeling bit less nxius, s if blnet f

clm hd settled ve me. Then smething we me. a mn std t m bedside.

Wh is Tdd up? I wndeed, ubbing m ees. But it wsnt Tdd. In the mn-

light ltering through the bedroom curtains I saw a man dressed in white. I was

sttled, but nt fid.

HE MaN HaD SHorT aUBUrN HaIr, nd fecles spinled

css his smth fce. Gentle wmth dited fm his ees. He ws

ung, but m ge, but smehw seemed hunded es lde thn

me. I culdnt stp ling t him, but I slwl eched unde the

cves t we m sleeping husbnd. I want Todd to see him too. I hd the sense the

mn undestd wht I ws thining, becuse he led t me with the hint f

smile. Tdd didnt budge. When I tuned bc, the mn in white ws gne. I

tied telling Tdd wht Id seen, but he nl ndded nd went bc t sleep. I l

thee f while, thining f m visit, hping he wuld etun. I thught f

his smile, nd m chees tembled with smile f m wn. Im hpp, I elized.

Gd new ll m wies, ll m fes. He hd sent n ngel t cmft me.The next evening Gndm nd Gndp clled. The hd been discussing

gift f the bb, nd decided t send us chec insted. The munt ws just

wht we needed t ctch up n u dcts bill. The elief f this w seemed

t lessen ll the thes.

M bb is 17 nw, ne f tw beutiful dughtes Tdd nd I hve been

blessed with. ove the es w hs tied t ceep bc in. When it des, I

thin f the mithful smile f the fecle-fced ngel wh std b me ne night

lng g. I nw he stnds b me td.

Angel SightingSi Bdroom

Mak yoursf famar w as, adbod m frquy spr; for wou

b s, y ar prs w you.saint franCis De sales

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by Ken roKuseK

t g d wg w v g v

Angel SightingSA Scoo

aLENTINES Day ws und the cne. F m dughte, Bec

Hllstm, tht ment pt f the indegten clss she tught.

Thee ell ling fwd t it, she tld me ve the phne ne

evening. Especially the valentines exchange. The kids are lling their cards

ut ll b themselves.

Thts lt f witing, I sid.

yep. one cd f eve student in the clss. Gunteed.

Becs wds might hve sunded csul, but she new the wee imptnt

f me t he. She new the st ll t well. The st f nthe vlentine

exchnge lng g.

M mind difted bc. I ws student nt much lde thn Becs indeg-

tenes. In the 1940s t public schl in Chicg, Illinis, m teche nnunced pt. on Vlentines D we give cds t thse we ce but. She plced

big wden bx n the cne f he des.

M fiends nd I st up in u chis f bette l. The bx ws dected

with ppe hets nd lce, nd thee ws nw slit in the tp, ind f lie

milbx.

yu cn put vlentines f u fiends in the bx, the teche sid. as

mn s u wnt. I new wed hve lts s I gt big bx t hld them. at the

pt well pen up the bx nd delive the cds. Desnt tht sund fun?

We ll ndded. Sme f the gils giggled nd whispeed t ech the. I ws

me inteested in the pt. Cies! I didnt see hw vlentines bx culd bet

tht.all wee the bx t up spce n the teches des, eminde f its imp-

tnce. Students dpped envelpes inside hee nd thee. The gils lied t me

big del f it when the dpped in ft pile, ne cd t time t me sue

the event ws nticed b the whle clss. I dpped cuple in f m fiends.

Wh nt? It ws Vlentines D.

The party, when the day nally arrived, did not disappoint. There was punch

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nd het-shped cies. I ws feeling pett gd but this Vlentines D

stuff s I st t m des nd enjed the sncs. at he des, u teche pened

the bx nd stted pssing ut the little envelpes inside. I wited t m des,

wndeing wh hd sent ne t me.

The gils hed nd hed s the eceived theis. The bs mstl pled it

cl, with fiendl elbw jb f thns. I pled it cl t, witing t m des.

Maybe mine are at the bottom, I thught s the gil css the isle fm me dded et

nthe cd t he pile. The teche mved twd me, he hnds full f enve-

lpes. I st up stight, ed t ccept he delive, but she hnded cd t the

b behind me. I t gulp f m punch, hping n ne hd nticed. as I cht-

ted with fiends, I ept ne ee n the teche, checing n he pgess. The bx

ws nw empt, nd thee wee nl cuple f cds left in he hnd.Just let me get

at least one, I thught.

HE TEaCHEr went bc t he des. She put the bx w f

next e.

I hdnt gtten single vlentine.Nobody wanted to give me a card?Ithught.Not one person?

He, ken didnt get n! ne f m fiends clled ut.

I wved him w. a gd thing t. Nbd bette be giving me sme lc

het cd! Vlentines e stictl f gils.

M fiends lughed s I cunched int m cie. Wht did I need with cd,

fte ll? I hd fiends. I didnt need vlentine t tell me s. It didnt mtte. I

just put n m tugh fce nd we it the est f the d. Wht else culd I d?

I wsnt but t c t schl. But es lte memies f tht pt did bing

tes t m ees.

yu nw, Bec, I sid. Ive hd ve sixt Vlentines Ds since then,

nd thts still pbbl the ne I emembe mst. N mtte hw mn eswent b, tht tin wund in m het lws stung little. I guess pt f me

wuld lws be witing f tht vlentine. Just let me get t lest ne.

I lws tell m clss tht st, Dd, Bec sid. Thee supised tht

smene u ge cn still feel hut but smething tht hppened when he ws

id.

I wuldnt hve believed it eithe, bc then, I sid. I new nbd ws

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ting t hut m feelings, especill m fiends. I just gt veled. Mbe

the thught b lie me didnt wnt vlentine. afte ll, even I didnt seem t

nw just hw much I wnted ne!

Thts wht I explined t them, Dd. Its n imptnt lessn f them t

len, hw we cn hut peple b things we dnt d s much s with the things

we d.

I hung up the phne me pud f Bec thn eve. Mbe tht wful

Vlentines D pt ws wth it if she culd use it t tech s mn childen

but indness nd eep the ids fm feeling the w I did tht d s mn

es g.

N THE FoUrTEENTH, Bec clled me when she gt hme

fm schl. The pt ws get success, she epted. I

gt sme gd cds this e. and I even put supise in the

mil f u.

F me? I sid. Bec, u didnt hve t send me vlentine.

I didnt, she sid. When I tld u st t the clss, I wnted them tthin but thei clssmtes feelings. But f ne student tht ws just the begin-

ning. I wnt s n me ight nw, Dd. I dnt wnt t uin the supise. Just

eep n ee n u milbx.

a cuple ds lte tin envelpe ived ddessed t me. Inside ws

funn little cd, the ind ids give t ech the these ds. Nt the hmemde

ind we used t pss ut. This ne ws clel ste-bught. But the ceful

pinting b childs wn hnd mde the cd unique. This cd ws ment f

ne pesn nd ne pesn nl, t me him feel specil. T Ms. Hllstms

Dd. Lve, olivi.

Nw this wuld be the Vlentines D Id emembe feve. Thns, olivi,

f the best vlentine eve.

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VEr SINCE a STay IN THE HoSPITaL, m gnddughte,

Linds, hd been fid f dcts. I wied but he tip t the

dentist. Shes bve six-e-ld, Ld, I ped. Plese send

he n ngel f cmft.

He fthe clled me ftewd. She wsnt sced t ll, Ned sid.

Prayer answered, I thught.

But n the w hme she sed but the little b wh st b he feet nd

said not to be afraid. There was no boy in the ofce.

Pe nsweed exctl!

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