Angel Arms
by: Angel Friend Victoria

Saturday Ramblins, Vol. 2, No. 3 (February 6, 1999)

I come from a background of sexual abuse. My father was the abuser but we did both heal. I was able to resolve all the pain and anger I had towards him. I am not afraid to share this or to let people know.

My mother's favorite flower was the iris. When we lived in Sunrise Wyoming she had quite the variety. I realized I loved them too. In 1988 I started planting them in my yard. I had several varieties planted, but my mom died in February 1989. They bloom in May; I was so disappointed because I really wanted to share them with her. I continued to grow my irises anyway.

In May of 1995, my dad was here on a visit and he mentioned my flowers! I was so excited that he noticed. He had never taken the time to look at flowers ( to smell the rose's so to speak). I asked him if he'd like to see all the different varieties that I had. To my amazement he said "yes!"

I did feel guilty asking him to walk around the yard because he was crippled with rheumatoid arthritis. We went anyway.

He remarked, "You sure do have quite a few colors here."

We went to the north side of my home. We are standing there and he said, "Oh, Victoria look at the purple ones, they are beautiful!"

There were 3 very dark purple iris. As we stood there looking at these incredible purple flowers, I felt like someone came to stand behind us and was hugging both of us. I never in my life felt closer to my dad as this moment. I felt this healing and peace in my heart and through my body! It felt so spiritual, peaceful and wonderful! I didn't want to move! No human could hug us this way. It was like we were enveloped in these huge angel wings! I felt it was my mom.

Someone gave me this verse from the Bible, "He will shield you with his wings! They will shelter you (Psalm 91:4).

(I lost my dad June 22, 1995)