Mr Bombastic wrote:
All I know for sure is that I should be dead, several times over. But I'm not. Some would call it luck, but I know better.
I think those who feel they have Guardian Angels should explain why they think they have them. Same as with Bombastic, I, too, should not have lived so long. However, I know why I have lived and succeeded, in spite of myself. It wasn't anything I had done, myself, to have acquired the angels, it was the constant praying of my mother, beseeching God to protect her wild young son.
My mother was devoutly religious, raised in the church, her father, my grandfather, a deacon for as long as he was able. Often, I would hear my mother talking; I would inquire from an adjoining room who she is talking to, her reply was always, " I'm just talking to myself." It took awhile, but I eventually figured out that she was talking to God.
It hasn't been that long ago that I figured some other things out, also. I've had life threating accidents, and medical conditions, in my lifetime. However, I've concluded, those incidents were deserving kicks in the ass from the almighty. Still, God wasn't going to disappoint my mother, I would not pay the ultimate price.
Often, in private moments, I'll think of my precious mother, the worry I caused her, and how I took everything she gave for granite, and I weep like a baby.