This story is a chapter in Angel bumps. Please enjoy! It was very unusual that I would be driving the family car, while towing a trailer. In fact I think it was the only time I ever did, and it turned out to be memorable. My husband always did the driving, but he was…
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The Triangle Angel Bump
Chris is my cousin who had Downs Syndrome. I remember looking at her in the bassinet and hearing the aunts and uncles discussing the report from the doctor. She didn’t look like anything was wrong to me. I thought she was just perfect. She had bright, really bright, blue eyes and she kicked under her Baptismal…
Sentimental Gene Gone Crazy
I walked my dogs this morning and came across a realtor putting up a For Sale sign two blocks up from my house. I only know these neighbors to wave and say hello. I don’t even know their first names. I know they have great landscaping and super Christmas decorations every year. I always admire…
An Honest to God Day In My Life as an Author
This is the truth about being an author. It’s not always smiles and unicorns. My face may look like it is, but behind that smile is much more. It’s challenging and frustrating some days. Here’s a day in my life as an author. Last week when I returned home from the Erma Bombeck Writer’s…
Grandma’s Calling
Angel Bumps #2…When Heaven Speaks to Children It was a sunny Saturday spring morning in Dallas when something extraordinary happened. Our precocious three-year-old son, Michael, was happily playing with his transformer cars on the dining room floor. His dad was at work and I was cleaning the house. Zoom, zoom. Bam! Crash. He was completely…
Mourning Dove by Elaine Ambrose
“See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the song of doves is heard in our land.” (Song of Songs 2:11-12). The lane from the house to the school bus took me 10 minutes to walk. That’s all the time I…
Pop’s Chevy Angel Bump
My husband called to say, “I got an Angel Bump from your dad this morning.” He was laughing as he reminded me of the time my dad bought a brand new new truck off the lot. My dad had arrived wearing striped pants, a flowered shirt, and wearing his plaid Irish cap. He had a…
Our Hibachi Angel by Gail Blase
Katey died of a heroin overdose on June 13th, 2012. She was twenty-five years old. We’d planned a dinner out together, to celebrate how well she’d had been doing with her recovery. We were finally getting our old Katey back. We had no idea that she had relapsed. When I got to her house, there…
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Angel Bumps From a Child’s Eyes….Call For Submissions
This little guy had a play date with his great Grandmom. My mom’s sign is a little white butterfly. In Angel Bumps, Hello From Heaven there is a story about Arlo playing in the back yard, chasing a little white butterfly for over half an hour. When my daughter asked, “Do you like that…
My Husband Is Leaving…Again!
My husband left the house nine times today, before he actually left. First attempt, he almost reached the car when he realized he’d forgotten his gym key. Second attempt, he made it to the car and headed back after patting himself down in the driveway. He forgot his wallet. Third attempt he started the car and…
Angel Bumps Meets Pasadena Community Church
When Angel Bumps, Hello From Heaven was first published, I dropped copies off at several churches for their grief groups. I hoped it would help people grieving if they read the stories of signs from Heaven. Once they realized their loved ones are not gone forever, I hoped their grief might lessen. A few months…
Sexy at 60 Selfie Snafu
I was visiting my oldest daughter, Erika, and my grandkids when my selfie fiasco took place. I’d had two glasses of wine before bedtime to relax from all the excitement of the day. I blame the wine for what happened next. I was thinking about an ad I had seen where a husband is going…