The Angel and the Buckfast Kids

Hugh McNeil

Do you believe in Angels? I don't have any personal experience of the white-feathered kind but when I think of their main function as messengers I find the idea attractive. When they appear in the Bible they deliver their message or warning and disappear leaving the recipient to act or ignore the message. In my imagination they don't need to take on human form but can appear as statements on advertising hoardings, headlines in newspapers or seemingly random comments from various sources. When I am mulling over a worrisome problem that requires a decision or action my attention can be grabbed by these messages that seem directed at me personally. Sometimes the message or warning comes unbidden and unwelcome and stops me in my tracks and makes me reconsider my options. Of course sceptics will say that it is all in the mind, that it just validates decisions that we want to take anyway. I have to admit that there is that danger and any decision to act must be re-examined for selfish or unworthy motives.

If you have read so far and are wondering where I am going with all this talk about angels and messages please stay with me as it does have relevance to my story. ... (continues)