Chapter 1

I found a muse. Perhaps my guardian angel gave me a swift kick to make me see the light.

This little thing just popped into my head tonight. I was sitting here thinking about Angels for some reason. Maybe I thought about all the people, and animals, and creatures in the world. It just came in and sat down. I welcomed this into my senses and I came up with:

Where could she be? I was walking along at the local carnival. I had my eyes peeled for a neighbor's daughter. I had just been told that she had run off from their group. Two moms were walking down the fairway. One from the north side, the other from the south side.

Within a minute of hearing this distressing news, I came upon mother and re-found daughter. I could see the relief in the mom's face. The daughter was just her typical 10 year old self.

I immediately told another neighbor that Nina was found, and to let the other mom's know all was fine here.

I remember walking back home from the noise and lights at the local church. I turned the corner into our development and then suddenly felt a massive pain in my middle chest.

I was aware. I cannot say I was awake. I could not see, though actually did not know if I even had eyes. I felt a calmness come over me like a warm blanket on a cold winter's night. I recall thinking about Heaven. Or my version of the place we (mostly) hope to rise to when we "meet our maker".

As I became more and more aware of the world around me, I could hear a voice, or a thought, that I was being given my Guardian Angel assignment.

Then it hit me. I remember once, when about 10 years old myself. I thought I had a Guardian Angel looking over me. I don't think I looked at is as the stereotypical, "Devil on right shoulder, God on the left". But I distinctly had this memory revisit my being that moment. I had prayed to God that when I die, could I help out in the next round of Guardian Angels?

The answer, "Yes, my son. You are here to receive your Human to watch over for the rest of her life. The stars aligned with you tonight when your prayer to above matched your situation on Earth. You will return in spirit form to watch over young Nina for a very long time. I have it on very good authority. Cough. Cough. Well, my authority. That she will benefit from future medical advances and live to the ripe year of 138."

I felt such calmness in hearing this. The Creator was giving me a chance to help this young girl for her entire lifetime.

The Creator then went on to tell me, "You have provided much good in your own lifetime. I believe that you will be able to impart a similar path on our young Nina to help make a difference in the world. I know you have heard about the great flood, the plague, the disasters that are blamed on the devil. Just as some are actually blamed on me."

I could feel the sadness, the foreboding of chances wasted. I knew the Creator was allowing me to feel the emotions that drove the entire world as it had been created.