Angels

May the angels keep you til morning.

May they guide you through the night.

May they comfort all your sorrows.

May they help you win the fight.

May they keep watch on your soul.

May they show you better ways.

May they guard you while you're sleeping.

May they see you through your days.

May they show you new hopes.

May they still your every doubt.

May they calm your every fear.

May they hear you when you shout.

May the angels keep you til morning.

More than this I cannot pray.

And if the angels ever fail you.

Then may God be there that day.

~ Author Unknown

Because I Do

My Little Compass

The Doodle has a sixth sense (or is it a sick sense?) when it comes to direction either that or he's got a photographic memory.  When we take him for a ride - doesn't matter which direction we are headed, we can be gone for ten minutes or ten hours and when we get to our Street he knows which way to turn to go home--no matter which direction we're coming from. 

The other day we were driving by his school and before we got to the corner, he recognized where we were and started screeching and pointing from the back seat over at his school.  We thought it might be a fluke--but then later on another day he did the same thing, coming from a different direction.  Later that night, we drove by the school again and he again, recognized exactly where we were.  It was dark and raining and we were approaching the school from an entirely different direction and street.

We can take him for a walk: stop. blind fold him. spin him around and then ask him which way toward home and he will point in the correct direction.

I look at the Doodle some days and I wonder what he will be like when he grows up, what special gifts has he been given?  I can only hope that he will be the happiest little tour guide or rescue helper in Northern California.

What I Imagine Heaven Will Look Like

From my window on the plane.
I took several pictures above the clouds and, again, perfect spheres of light were captured in my photos. 

This was taken with my phone--and my flash was off because it was really bright outside
(even though it looks kind of grey and dark).

Strange, yet peaceful, isn't it?