The photo above is not mine. I did purchase many cards last Christmas with this very photo on the front. It is a print of the the artists vision of the Angel Uriel.

In the Roman Catholic Calender he has a ‘feast day’ of September 29th. This is my son Lloyd’s birthday. Which also means from a Roman Catholic stand point Uriel becomes one of Lloyd’s ‘patron saints’. Patron saints are said to be the ones that a person can go to in times of help and pray to them when needed. Other religions, including Spiritualists, hold that there are guides to help us. In this way the notion that there is a patron, or a guardian angel for each of us is about the same thing, but set in a different set of vocabulary and dogma.

In September of 2012 Dean and I visited the doctor one more time. In that visit Dean learned that some of his recent efforts at curing the cancer did not work. He learned that the place he had gone to for treatment either was terribly unreliable in their approach or incredibly unethical or a little of both since they told him that his cancer was receding and in fact it had grown while he was away in Mexico for treatment. Dean decided that day to return home and involve hospice. I remember the doctor standing in front of both of us and trying to explain how it was important to make the best of whatever time was going to be available, that he respected Dean’s decision and understood that it was the best for him.

I struggled the entire day. I was struggling while the doctor was speaking. Somewhere in the middle of his little speech on acceptance I was aware of a presence in the room. For me the presence made itself known behind the doctor. There was suddenly an overwhelming feeling of peace and understanding in the process that both Dean and I were going through at that very moment. Everything in my body until that point was screaming inside for Dean to just go back to the hospital one more time. Within that presence I understood the futility of any such efforts and how that really would do more harm for Dean than good. I realized that we were not alone. For me the vision of an angel coupled with the feeling of understanding and peace is what did the trick. I remember saying something to the doctor about how every good doctor must have an angel to help him, for it was much more my identification with the feelings being conveyed to me from Spirit that lent itself to acceptance than anything the doctor was trying to say.

I was so taken by what I felt and saw that I did a little search on the internet when I got home with Dean that evening. I found the above photo right away. It had in the photo everything I had been seeing over and over again the two weeks prior (the butterflies, the sunflowers, the incredibly vivid sunsets and bright stars. It also had the gold laced wings I had seen with the feelings of peace.

I looked up the name of the angel depiction and found it to be Uriel. I discovered he is associated with wisdom and truth; especially in trying situations. Everything I needed at that time, and in that place.

I had a friend say to me today that angels are not real. That they are a manifestation of people’s imaginations. Perhaps. It is possible that Divine responded to my internal struggle with what I would identify with to allow me to know that strength and love through spirit was still available to me and to my family through that situation. It is possible I saw what I needed to see. It is also possible that beings of Light take on all forms. It is possible that there are things in this grand Universe that we are just not privy to understand at this time and it will take returning Home to Spirit to be able to piece it all together.  There are so many things way more powerful than ourselves. There are energies and love that come together to comfort, heal, guide and help us maintain a relationship with the Creator in ways that best meet the needs and experiences of both our humanness and soul.

Take the time to realize when Spirit is touching in with you. There are signs every day. There are special songs on the radio, hugs, smiles, shapes of snowflakes, laughter in children, seeing a special bird, or catching a certain phrase on the television. Any recognition is valid, if it touches you and brings you closer to Divine Love.

I saw an angel. I felt the peace associated with the seeing. It brought me closer to understanding the healing, forgiveness, support and complete and total love that is available when we allow ourselves to allow Divine to work with us and through us. It is possible someday I will understand my experience that day differently, but the effect will still be the same. As will any time I recognize and acknowledge Spirit’s presence.

Are there Angels?