Dear List, (This was written the night Janet passed away, but I have been hesitant to send it to the List for various reasons. Please do not ridicule my thoughts and more than that, please do not be offended) Wow, you sure can't tell me that there aren't any such thing as Guardian Angels from Above. A few minutes ago, after having been asleep for hours, I awakened to find a pill bottle in my hand, top off, ready to put one or more in my mouth. Thank God it was only Protonix. Hands shaking I replaced the pill, twisted on the cap and put it on my night-table. What a catastrophe that could have been. Out of all the medication I have at hand, it was "only" Protonix. And what woke me suddenly? Why then, out of the blue-black night? I don't know the side effects of a Protonix overdose and I don't think I want to know, but I believe an Angel woke me up and saved me from possibly finding out. My "troubles" may have all been gone by morning and hopefully I would be in a better place, but it is not yet m.y time Could it have been Janet? I believe that we are surrounded by Guardian Angels from on High watching over us at all times and that they may change from time-to-time. I am left wondering if it wasn't sweet, generous Janet on her way upwards to her home in Heaven? I know that Janet was sweet and generous because of the many cards and notes she took part in sending, keeping me occupied while I was in the nursing home. No one knows, unless they have been there, how lonely it is not to be able to get out of bed, even though my new chariot, with special RoHo cushion, waited at the ready to take me out into the halls to be among people I was getting to know. But because of the I.V. treatment for MRSA, I could not leave my bed. During that time, there were many of my friends from the List who gave of their time and energy. I don't believe that I can name them all without looking at the all of the cards and letters I received. I do know that there were at least two angels looking after me...MS. Pattie, visited regularly, insisting that I not be alone even though her own immune system was at risk from the deadly bacteria. She even came on days when I strictly forbade her not to because I was not feeling well. She knew that company was what I needed and came anyway. I have not taken the time to let her know in a public forum, how much I appreciate all that she did...more often or not, with her lovely Mother in tow. "Thank you Pattie." I have often mentioned how my friend from a ruined city, hammered to the ground by a hurricane last year, with plenty of problems of her own, calls me every day, rain or shine. Even when she and her dear Danny were going through scary times with his health, Pam never neglected to call me and make me laugh at least once before she hung up, on to bigger and better things, leaving me with hope, for one always knows TIAD, "Tomorrow Is Another Day"...Twiddle-De-De, Scarlet! And now this Intervention. Our house was quiet, all who might have awakened me, fast asleep. I believe it may have been an Angel...Janet? So my dearest Ken, I hope that it does not offend you to "hear" me say that I honestly believe that the Guardian Angel who woke me from such strange circumstances, was none other than your lovey wife, on her way to Heaven, earning those Angel's wings. Thank you Janet. Jude
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