THE NEWBORN CHILD

 Once upon a time there was a child ready to be born. So he
asked God, “They tell me you are sending me to Earth tomorrow,
but how can I live there, being so small and helpless?”

Neil Simon Baswel

And God answered, “I chose an angel for you. She will be waiting
for you, and will take care of you.”

“But here, in heaven, all I ever do is sing and smile and laugh.
That’s enough for me to be happy.”

God said, “Your angel will sing for you, and will smile for you,
every day. You will feel your angel’s love and be happy.”

And how am I going to be able to understand when people talk
to me, if I don’t know the language that men speak?

God said, “Your angel will speak
to you using the sweetest, most
beautiful words you will ever
hear, and with much patience and
care, your angel will teach you
how to speak.”

“And what I am going to do when
I want to talk to you?

God said, “Your angel will place your hands together, and will
teach you how to pray.”

“I have heard that on earth there are bad men. Who will protect
me?”

God said, “Your angel will defend you, even if it means risking
her life.”

Neil Simon Baswel

“But I will be sad, because I will not see you any more.”

God said, “Your angel will talk to you about me, and I will
teach you the way for you to come back to me, though I will
always be beside you.”

At that moment there was much peace in heaven.

Voices from earth could already be heard, and the child asked,
softly, “God, if I am about to leave now, would you please tell
me my angel’s name?”

And God said, “You will call your angel . . . MOMMY.”
  

Courtesy of James Lee Valentine