Lady Lavender: Divinity in progress...

yeah...so, almost died today. Other than that - it's been a pretty good day.
Before telling you this story, I must tell you about the events that lead up to this. WHen people say a near death experience changes you, well - granted - I didn't nearly drown nor did I flatline for 2 minutes and see "the light". What happened however, was just as scary...

So last night, January 6th - 3 Kings day. Had a great time watching the little one unwrap presents. Midnight rolls around - I'm still awake and internet channel surfing for something interesting to listen to. I stumble across a radio program and they are interviewing a lady who claims that she can photograph her Angels.

Bah! Yea right -- that's all photoshopped, right? hmmm..I watch her youtube video where she claims an Angel is in her kitchen. It's her Guardian Angel. I'm like, what? Why would a Guardian Angel be in her kitchen and let alone allow itself to be filmed? Bah! - Another photoshopped or 3-D effect added to the video, right?

I go to sleep with those ideas on my brain.

Wake up - chaotic morning. Kid, breakfast, clothes, coffee - out the door. On my way to work, I notice how brilliant the sun was. Nice and orange. The clouds were peppered with that slow-rising orange and I thought again about the lady and the Angels. I was thinking , "I wonder if this is what it looks like when people say they "see" and "hear" the chorus of Angels? Would the sky appear to be in flames? Or would the Angels appear out of a fire-orange red flame in the sky? hmmm...

In this moment, I then thought to myself, "I wonder if my Guardian Angel is with me right now? They are never suppose to leave your side..." - then suddenly, it happened. I'm driving down the road thinking about Angels and at the same time, sizing up the green traffic light. If it were to turn yellow, I'd go faster, rather than slow down. A little voice said - "HIT THE BRAKE!" - So, I slammed on brakes.

The traffic light turned yellow but, when it did - the cable on the left hand side of the road holding the traffic light, suddenly snapped and gave way. The whole thing came crashing down in front of me. Since I had already slammed on brakes before it actually snapped, my car came to a screeching halt, three steps away from where the lights and cables broke to bits in front of me. There was a small flash of electicity as it hit the ground. Everything was in slow motion for me and I felt like I was in the middle of the moovie 2012 - you know the one where the ground is breaking apart and people are just missing the holes and other flying objects by a milisecond?

I stared at the mess on the ground before me for what seemed like an eternity. The car in the opposite direction lane, happened to be underneath the light when it fell. He/she swerved to move out of the way, hit the curb, and flipped his/her car. About 5 or 6 people jumped out of their car to get to the flipped one. I just sat in my car, pretty freaked out. I started thinking of my 5 yr old. "Did I kiss her goodbye this morning? Is she wearing her jacket? Did I put chapstick on her lips before she left?" etc..and about 100 more things.

Finally, someone popped by the window and said, "are you ok?" I said yes and then I turned to look again at the mess. I finally pulled myself together and drove around it, and on to work. I stopped and asked if the guy in the other car was ok and people said yes, then I continued on. I got about 2 feet away and all of sudden tears came pouring down like rain. I couldn't catch my breath. I was shaky, shaking, nervous, and I panicked as I rolled up to the next traffic light. I was sooo glad to be alive and that people weren't picking glass out of my head while waiting for an ambulance. I'm SO glad that I wasn't waiting for a helicopter to pull me out of it all.I was happy to smell the coffee in my car, happy to see the school buses, happy to go to work, happy for the ants, the trees, the water that I drink, all the people I know, and in an instant, a billion people's names came to me. I'm happy I've lived as long as I have...

Before I got to work, I looked up towards the sky - this time, I wasn't thinking of the sky, rather the Heavens. I saw there, 5 bright orange like "flames" or pairs of wings - in the sky. Very distinct from the clouds - whispy almost and slight transparent. I couldn't help but wonder if they were 5 Angels watching over me but either way, I voiced out the words, thank you - I'm grateful. As I got to work, I jumped out of my car and hugged the very first person I met. I was so happy to be able to feel , see, hear, and just be alive...

Maybe not so close to death as some of you may have experienced, but - then again, any brush with danger is a little too close for me. I'm glad for every minute that I have lived on this Earth.