Guardian Angels

Guardian angels My mother believes firmly that we all have guardian angels. I believe it to. They exist right along with miracles. Maybe they are even the miracle facilitators.  My mother is no stranger to the existence of miracles. My brother jimmy, is a miracle baby.  My mother had a difficult pregnancy with preeclampsia in her last trimester. She was bed ridden and jimmy was born two months prematurely. In tru jimmy fashion, he was born prematurely but weighed over 7 pounds ( probably a factor in saving his life). His lungs were fully underdeveloped and the outlook was not good. Never one to shirk strength where her kids were concerned, my mother refused to give up and jimmy was out iLife support and respiratory support and we waited. I believe they were there for two weeks, I have to dosome fact checking for this segment, wand I know my mother was faced with the horror of being released from the hospital without my brother who was not yet well enough to come home. This I can't imagine as a mother. Ella and I were able to come home the day after I delivered her And fitting her little baby body in that cars eat was one of the most joyous moments of my life.  So we went home as three, to return to Albany medical center everyday to monitor baby jimmy.  Insert---to baptize or not to baptize What family crisis isn't complete without a little discord among the members? Well we had ours. The argument was between my mother and grandmother ( her mom, who don't get me wrong is wonderful) you must get him baptized right away Mary ! If he dies, he'll just be a little baby head with wings floating around in purgatory for all eternity! We don't want that do we? My mother, rightfully distressed, responded that any talk of her son dying or becoming a floating head was unacceptable and he would be baptized in church when he was well which he certainly would be. Her son was a warrior from birth and did my grandmother actually think my mother would let one of her children die? Let alone die and become a floating Angelwing head?! Gram quickly got the message and in my head, was probabaly content to just sigh and make faces for the rest of their time in the hospital that day.  The guardian angel came through with a vengence and my miracle brother made a full recovery. He was brought home, where we welcomed him with open arms. Maybe not me so much. I tried to hit him on the head with a toy.  My brother is a warrior, he is my champion in the battle with the walking c. I think he has even given his guardian angels permission to come over to my team for the time being some have some extra power. He is the wolf that is my talisman. I believe he would be my patronus if I were a character in Harry potter. He is alive today because of a miracle. A miracle made of strength and love.  My mother is a warrior. She is my champion in the battle with walking c. She prays to my angels daily. She prays to God and the saints. She rarely leaves my side and when she does she always comes back with reneewed strength. She kept her child alive i the faced adversity and is doing it again 30 years later.  My father is a warrior. He is my champion in the battle with walking c. He uses humor( much like his oldest daughter) as one of his weapons.  he is fighting for my life right along side my mother. They are each others miracles in many ways.  Each guardian Angel is unique to the one it guards. We all have our own. Some are people we knew and some are not. They each have a different power they use to protect us.