The Lover's Tale

I wrote this story for my husband to explain why I fell in love with him after the first kiss. No fooling. I knew I was going to marry him after one kiss. It took him a little longer. Poor man. He thought he had a five year plan. I whittled off 4-1/2 years and called it a good compromise.

Angel Babies do not have names.
But they know each other just the same: In heaven and on earth

Once upon a time, two Angel Babies lived in complete love and bliss in their heavenly world. They loved each other with the sort of rare love that only exists in dreams and fairy tales. They were inseparable.

The time came when he began to get that faraway look that babies have when they are about to leave their heavenly garden. The journey of life was starting for the baby boy. The other Angel Baby started to cry in fear. She watched as he slowly faded before her. Their sadness became cries of anguish.

His cry was a joy to his mother’s ears. The doctor smiled as another miracle of life appeared in his hands.

Her cry was a worry to her Guardian Angel. She sat beside the baby and softly stroked her head.

“Why do you cry so?” asked the Guardian Angel.

“He’s gone.” The baby sniffed back tears. “I want him back.” The baby wept with such sadness that her tears began to drop on earth. They touched the ground and spread into the morning dew.

“Ah,” the Guardian Angel smiled. “I’ll tell you a secret that only you will know.”

The baby looked up into the light of her Guardian’s face. Her innocence and pain of lost love showing clearly on her sweet face.

“We usually do not tell our babies anything about their earthly life, but you two are very special, and have a very special purpose.”

The baby smiled hopefully.

“In four earth year’s time, you will be born.”

The baby’s tears started falling again. Four years sounded like an awfully long time to an Angel so young.

“Four years is but a blink in time. When I am finished telling you this story, it will already have come.” The Guardian embraced the baby with a loving light.

“Will I meet him on earth?” She needed to be reassured. Earth was a very confusing place. So much could happen there. So many choices that could lead to unpredictable endings.

“Yes. You will meet him there.”

“How? When?” The baby’s tears were dried, and she smiled excitedly. To see her beloved again was the only thought that made her entrance into an earthly life less frightening.

“Well,” the Guardian looked thoughtful, choosing her words carefully. “I cannot give you the answer to either of those questions. When you are on earth you will both have many choices, which could bring you together sooner…or later. It is my job to make sure that you eventually will have the chance to meet, no matter what choices are made.”

The Angel Baby was scared. She could feel the beginning pull of her trip to earth. There was so much she wanted to know. She didn’t like the way the Guardian Angel said sooner or later. She wanted to begin her life with her Angel love. She was almost ready to leave when the most important question came to her.

“How will I know him?” the baby cried out.

She was falling from heaven. She started to cry and screamed one last time to her Guardian, “Please tell me. How will I know him?”

"You will know him by his kiss" was the last thing the baby heard from heaven.