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See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way.

Exodus 23:20

I can imagine what angels might look like from my dreams and from images I’ve seen in clouds or in paintings and from the hundreds of accounts of people who have seen them. But in my waking life I have never actually had a traditional angel encounter complete with blinding light, wings and halo or felt the brush of angel wings on my skin. Still I know, without a doubt, that angels exist and are here to help us.

When I was growing up in a household of psychics and spiritualists I often felt frustrated and inadequate because I didn’t seem to have inherited the ‘gift’. I attended many psychic development classes and workshops where fellow students would see visions of inspiration and brilliance. I, however, would sit in darkness, feeling peaceful but hearing and seeing nothing. It wasn’t until my thirties that these channels started to gradually open for me and even now I can’t predict when they will do so because on every occasion when I have had an angelic encounter it has been spontaneous. I still can’t summon, see, hear or feel angels and spirits like a seasoned psychic or medium can, but this has not in any way dampened my belief in angels and their guidance. This is because over the years I have learned that, like everyone else, I see, hear and experience angels in my own unique way. Looking back, I can see that angels were helping me throughout my life. I just wasn’t aware of it at the time.

In this chapter I’ve gathered together a collection of stories which show just some of the many mysterious and dramatic ways in which angels can intervene in our lives, and what’s interesting is that not one of the people who contributed these stories believes themselves to be psychic or clairvoyant. They are simply ordinary people whose lives have been transformed by something extraordinary. Let’s begin with Sandra’s dramatic and moving story: