He said in Mama’s dream that she should think. She should remember. Remember the many times that her children had been saved or helped and blessed. And He helped Mama remember these times, all at once, in an instant.

There was no guardian angel on these occasions, Mama said in her dream. She knew a guardian angel had likely protected her children from numerous situations which she could never know, but Mama didn’t feel there had been a guardian angel on the times which He had revealed to her.

All of these situations, He said, were handled by the guardian angel for which she had prayed.

“Know that I am with you,” He said to Mama, “and know that your prayers have been answered. I have granted your children a guardian angel to care for them until I call them home. I have answered your prayers for a guardian angel to watch over your children. That guardian angel is you.”

Mama awoke with a start. Her youngest child was stirring. The fever had broken. Mama wiped the child’s brow with a damp cloth, and Mama watched over the youngster, like a guardian angel, throughout the remainder of the night.

Dean Poling is The Valdosta Daily Times assistant managing editor.