meeting angels

a friend asked the other day that popular question, “if you could hang out with anyone not living anymore who would it be?” i instantly thought of mother teresa. i have always admired her and her service was a huge influence on my career choice.

“give your hands to serve and your hearts to love.” mother teresa.


it’s so simple, really, and isn’t that why we are here? i would have loved meeting her and walking through the slums of india with her, touching lepers and learning from her completely selfless heart.

the next person was someone who owns a very special part of my heart. a former patient of mine, one early in my career, wise beyond his years, a true hero. this kid was my friend, we talked about basketball, we did art together, we talked about what dying would be like. i poured out all i had to care for him, to take his pain away, to love his family. he was strong. how fun it would be to hang out with him outside of a hospital room, cancer free, but more than anything i’d love to be a fly on the wall and get to see the joy of him and his twin brother unite again.

in fact, the more i think about my answer to this question, there are so many. it’s difficult to narrow it down when i have had the privilege of knowing so many angels. i rest in the truth that i may get to see many of them again and meet more of those on my list someday in heaven.

“he will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” revelation 21:4


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