I found Morgan and Brooke curled up together in their apartment today, having decided that it was far too cold to go out. They were sitting on the sofa, Brooke with her back against one arm, Morgan reclining across the remaining length with her head on Brooke’s thigh. Brooke was reading while Morgan played with her phone. I looked at them for a long time, and to see the intertwining of their bodies and their aura was blissful to me.…
I have just met my newest charge, and I am excited to begin working with her. Is there anything more exciting than taking on a new challenge? Aside from finding a solution to that challenge, of course. My newest charge’s name is Grace Newman, a young woman of twenty-eight who works as a police officer in a suburb of Boston called Jamaica Plain. She loves the area, having been assigned to it from the beginning of her career a few…
I overheard a conversation today between Jonathan and Lauren that I found rather interesting. Well, strictly speaking, Lauren overheard the conversation, but as I was with her, I heard it too. Despite the pressing questions of Jonathan’s mother, he and Lauren are in no hurry to define their relationship. They are comfortable with one another, content simply to enjoy one another, and I think this is a fine way to be about things. So they spend time together, going on…
Today Lubos found me just as I was coming to record my afternoon with Pamela—she is doing very well in her new position, and her spirits are high. My time with her was not really newsworthy, but I was in the mood to write. Lubos gave me something to write about. “Freya has ended her relationship with Ryan,” he told me. My heart sank. “I am sorry to hear that.” Lubos sighed and flicked out his wings. “It was time.…
Several days of suggestions have borne fruit, and I am as excited about the results as Mary and Natalie will be with theirs. But I have gotten ahead of myself—let me start at the beginning. Mary now regularly takes part in online conversations and chats with other teens who are going through the same struggles that she is. It hurts me that people should be bonded by something like depression and pain, but as Inca says, we may as well…
Tonight, in celebration of their new lives soon to begin, Myrtle and Jaquinn went out dancing. I admit, I put the idea in their heads. I have grown accustomed to the art of dance being a part of my daily work, and I shall be sorry for it to become a rare privilege again. So, on this night when they will receive my last blessing, I suggested that they go dancing together, one last time. It was an occasion, and…
And so we return to our work. The time of celebrations and rejoicing has passed, and angels return to their work just as the world begins to feel the cold again. When I was new, I used to wonder whether it was harmful for all angels to remain in heaven for the span of twelve days. Could we really leave the world alone for so long? But if there were any time that our brothers and sisters could survive the…