The Broken Wing (True Story)

As I was cleaning yesterday, I accidentally kicked Matthews ceramic angel and the wing broke off. It stays by his baby bed. The wing shattered into a million pieces. I picked it up and put in the the garbage can and never gave it another thought.

Later whenever I was cleaning the kitchen, I dumped out some coffee grinds into the garbage can on top of the broken angel. Never gave it another thought.

That evening I was going to get the garbage ready to go out and when I looked into the can the Angel was looking right at me. Her face was covered with coffee grounds. That's when it hit me. I tearfully took her out of the garbage and rinsed off the grounds. I tried to glue back the pieces of the wings but it was just too many pieces. I took the broken angel and put her back in her place besides Matthew's baby bed. Back were she belongs. I couldn't believe that I was going to throw it away, just because the wing was broken. It is still beautiful and still just as good as it was before except that now it is a "special" angel. Just like my Matthew. She still had the same look on her face. She looks like she is watching something or possible, she' watching Matthew. Nothing else was wrong. Just a broken wing. I don't care what people may think when they see the broken angel. Some may wonder what happened to her. Why don't I just throw it away or put it away somewhere.. Some may wonder why I want to hang on to it or why don't I just go and replace it with one that's not broken. To me, this Angel is now priceless and I wouldn't trade it for anything. It may not be perfect in their eyes but it's more than perfect to me. I wish everyone could feel what I feel in my heart now when I look at it. If you never had an angel with a broken wing, then you could never know how precious they are.
Charlotte