The Beginning

To understand how I got here
it is better to start from the beginning

Born sick,small,weak
and with little if any hope
I conquered my own demise

Ever since I can remember
I felt different

and sadly in many cases
I was treated differently by my peers
because I was labeled weird

My 1st major interaction
that I can recall with out fuzziness
is when I was 3

I walked down stairs
and noticed in the finely groomed carpet
an orange m&m glistening, calling to me

I being 3, swooped it up and had it on my tongue
faster than you can say boo
and as that m&m was about to dance upon my taste buds
I heard a voice call out to me
she said sweetly
"Don't eat it, go ask mama"
Mama being my grandmother, as I was at her home
I again being 3, didn't listen
but the tender voice did not give up on me
I believe I heard it 3 more times
the final time
feeling gently pushed along my way down the stairs to do as I was told
and so I did
I had my hand open
and looked at my grandmother and asked her if I could eat this m&m

I will never forget the look in her face
it was white
her eyes all welled up with concern
She seemed dazed

Oh, how smart of you to come and ask
I was told
then she told me, it was not an m&m
it was Nana's heart medication
Nana, being my 90 something great grandmother

She was so pleased with me
and I did not tell her then
that an Angel told me to ask
an Angel told me not to eat it
I was instead given a child sized hand full of real m&m's
I was ever so pleased with myself

I have never let go of the ability to hear
to see,
to feel

This is my beginning, what is yours?

Have you ever been guided by an Angel?