You’d think by the time an issue of Angels on Earth comes out in print, I would have seen enough of it. Think again. It’s always a treat for me to read a new issue like a “real reader” gets to.
Sure, I know what will happen in all the stories, and I’m intimately familiar with every illustration and photograph. Even so, rereading a story while holding it in my hands is a completely new experience for me. The people telling the stories come alive again as I remember our phone conversations, or a particular email exchange. The earth angels they tell about sprout wings all over again. The heavenly angels take flight off the magazine page!
When I turned to the Angel Sightings photo in the January/February issue (one of my favorites ever), I thought of all the other Sightings photographs that we chose from. Photographs you took at home or while you traveled. I thought of all of you as everyday angels in my life, sending me a message: Yes, angels are everywhere!
The snow angels story gave me an idea for shoveling during our next winter storm: I’ll imagine that guardian angels hidden among the falling flakes are helping me get a good workout. The story of Hunny, the world’s most difficult cockapoo, told me I had a couple of animal angels at home – even if they acted more like cats. (I’m kidding. They are cats and they’re lovable but sometimes scratch. Like most cats.)
And I have to say that no matter how many times I read Sherri Brown’s story of her little angel Brianna, I’m no less surprised by what happens in this family.
Is there anything better than sitting down with a new copy of Angels on Earth? Well, maybe putting a new one together. Which, by the way, it’s time to do!
