A Very Hard Angel?

From: Dave (olbab@rochester.rr.com)
Story type: Angel
Location: Henrietta, NY, about 1970
Source: Form Submission
Date submitted: Fri Aug  5 23:22:12 2011

Early in our marriage things got very tense at times, what with me being quite preoccupied with my work, my books, and anything weird -and she needing much better than that (and deserving it!)

Finally she exploded one evening and threw all my sci-fi magazines in the fireplace! I was livid, and went over the edge, doing my very best to kick a hole clear through her leg. If it had connected I believe it would have ended our marriage right there.

But something intervened, and if wasn't an Angel, what else would your call it? My shoe smashed into something very hard, giving me reason to stagger in pain for a moment, and she; well, she felt nothing at all! And no bruise, nothing.

Here we are, married 51 years and still hangin' in there. I like to think Somebody wanted us to stay together! Was it a guardian angel? Mine? Hers? The kids?

Dave