Happy November

REMEMBRANCE- 2 NOVEMBER

A Day to Remember Our Departed Relatives and Friends

They may be gone, but they are not forgotten

Today, the 2^nd of November is “All Souls Day”.

A day when Catholics remember the dearly departed.

They pray and remember their relatives and friends,

Who left this world to enter the realm which never ends.

The 2^nd of November is the “the Day of the Dead”.

This day is celebrated in Mexico with special altars.

Visiting the graves and praying for their loved ones.

As they walk in the land of the dead under the stars.

We remember those we knew and loved so much.

Their gentle smiles and all they were to us in life.

We recall all those sad and happy memories.

They are gone but they walk with us in life.

If you have lost a loved one recently,

Take the time to say a prayer,

They are with you though you may not see,

They still watch over you from eternity.

SHORT STORY

The November Gift

Would she get to keep the gift?

It was the 31^st of October, when Tracey had a dream. It was not an ordinary dream. It was a dream, where she was given a gift in a small blue box, by an Angel. When she awoke the next morning, she remembered part of the dream, but did not think too much about it. When Tracey went to have a shower, that morning, she was horrified to find that she had two large wings growing out of her back. The white silken wings were fully developed and strong. They folded delicately behind her back, when she dressed for work.

That night when Tracey went to sleep, a hooded figure who called itself the Keeper of Truth appeared to her and told her that she needed to save three people to keep her wings for life. If she did not succeed in saving three people in one month, she would lose her special wings.

A week later on the 7^th of November, Tracey saw a young man walking on a busy street, listening to his music on his earphones, as a speeding truck came hurtling towards him. With lightning speed, she swooped to his rescue and the man was grateful.

On the 15^th of November, Tracey saw a young woman about to jump off a bridge. She ran to her side and spoke to her comfortingly and told her that life was for living and she had so much to offer others. The young girl, Amy, who had lost her husband and was pregnant changed her mind.

On the 29^th of November, Tracey went to visit her Aunt Hilda in the hospital. Her Aunt told her about a young man who was about to die in the next ward. Tracey went to the bed of the young Aaron and placed her hand above his chest and prayed that he lived. Just at that moment a stranger walked in and told her that he had just saved the man’s life.

Tracey was shocked to know that there were others like her, who were saving lives to get to keep their wings.

That night, on the 30^th of November, as Tracey went to bed, she dreamed again. This time she saw herself flying to save people in distress. When Tracey awoke up from sleep on the 1^st of December, she noticed that there was a feather in her hand. Tracey still had her wings. She realized that she had saved three people, the first was the young man, the second was the young woman Amy and the third was Amy’s unborn child. Tracey’s life mission was to save people and it was something she loved to do.