Monday, September 3, 2012

in lieu of angels.......

 
 
 



today is my birthday..

"all my life i have wanted to be older and now i am"  i thought this was a  margaret atwood quote but i have searched and searched and can find no credit for it. it is possible that i dreamed she said it. margaret and i sometimes inhabit the same dreams. maybe i said it to her. so i guess for now i'll own it. my little mantra for this big birthday. the year that dips the bow of my boat into the waves and i begin to take on water.

so, here's a tale about my yearn to normal

 i have a friend who loves to host parties. as a result we have get togethers for nearly every occasion.  when i say get togethers i mean lady get togethers. these are not swanky urban parties but instead low key and very rural.  we have egg decorating parties, christmas parties, halloween luncheons and of course home shopping parties, where we can purchase anything from scented candles to ladies' power tools. and when i say ladies' power tools i mean actual power tools not vibrators or giant rubber wankers that suction cup to the wall.

so on one of these occasions a fortune teller was hired.  and during the party we were to go off one by one and have our future looked over. i was eating deviled eggs and listening to those who had already gone tell their tales. one lady was weepy because she had received a message from her deceased mother, another was warned of a problem with her kidney but the most frequent talk was of angels. everyone had a varying number of guardian angels watching over them. benevolent celestial companions providing a supernatural buffer between you and god knows what.

when my name was called i jumped right up. my only thought being "i hope i have decent amount of angels." because you see, besides being needy i'm also competitive. so up the stairs i went to the hostess' back bedroom, now a mystic lady den.  the psychic was nice and normal looking - in a sweater set and a-line skirt sort of way.

the first thing she's says is "oh my, you have a very strong presence". i said something like "yes, that's me, what i lack in beauty i make up for in strength. so i sit down and she takes my hand and closes her eyes and i stare at her preparing to hear my final angel count.

she says:  you have many, many spirits around you.
i say: "excellent"

she says: you have one man that seems to be the leader and he's leaning over your right shoulder.
(i think: "oh that must be my dear father")
i say nothing.

she says: i think his name begins with an e. eddie maybe.
(i think: for christ's sakes whose eddie.)
i say: it may be my father, he's passed on.

she says: no, he is a stranger to you
i say: a stranger named eddie is looking over my shoulder. what is he doing

she says: he's watching you
i say: right. like an angel

she says: no, he's not an angel he's just a spirit. there are a whole group of spirits behind him
(i think: jesus, here we go)
i say: are any in that group angels

she says:  no, just restless spirits. there are men and women and one lady has sheep with her."
(i think: well, for god's sakes, i'm jesus).
i say: what are they all doing behind me

she says: they're just watching you and talking. i can't hear what they are saying, there's so many of them talking at once. eddie seems to be telling them what you are doing.
(i think: well i'm certainly getting my money's worth out of this.)
i say:  do you see anyone who could possibly be an angel?

she says: no, you just have this group of restless souls observing you
(i think: my god, my life is a side show even for the departed. could this be anymore like beetlejuice).
i say. excellent.

then she opened her eyes and peered at me through the dim. i was extraordinarily uncomfortable at this point as i was being watched from both sides.. so to speak  she says "i really would like to try and understand this more.  would you be willing to meet with me again. i wouldn't charge you." in my head i'm thinking" i'll talk it over with the group and let you know." out loud i said "i don't know." she handed me her card and i got up and went down stairs. 

like a spoiled child i kept thinking - i wanted an angel but no, i have to have eddie and some sheep. for one god damn time i just wanted to be special like everyone else.  after rejoining my friends one of them asked me how my reading went. "completely normal  i said," i had 5 angels."

bev

71 comments:

  1. Happy Birthday Bev! I hope eddie and the gang have planned a supernatural extravaganza of epic proportions for your special day.

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    1. thank you. i don't trust eddie as far as i can throw him

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  2. Happy Birthday, Bev! I think we can safely add psychics to the list of things I'm terrified of! But I hope you have a truly splendid day!

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    1. oh thank you baby kate. don't be worried i'll hold your hand

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  3. Happy Birthday, you wonderfully crazy Lady! (I cannot wait for our call!)
    Oh, and tell Eddie to back off, he's crowding you. *hugs*

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    1. yay! thank you. i can't wait to talk you lady. yes, eddie is getting a bit handsy

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  4. Happy Birthday to you, wishing you an amazing year and many more to come!

    Wow, that was quite the encounter with a psychic... maybe there are spirits around us, maybe not, but I am definitely sure that Angels are watching over you!!!

    Thanks for visiting my blog yesterday!

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    1. well hello there, sunshine. thank you for the wishes and the visit.

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  5. Happy Birthday belated! And that reading was awesome!! The sheep was most like "Eddie's" ddaaadddd (insert baaing like a sheep here.) :)

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    1. ha ha. i'm just going to type out magical mystical mimi because it's quite a lovely name. thank you for coming

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  6. Hope you had a wonderful birthday, Bev! Such a fascinating tale. I bet your restless spirits would have grand stories to tell. My guess is that they picked you because you are special. :)

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    1. thank you christie. yes, they will probably sell their stories to the enquirer

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  7. It's simple. YOU are an Earth Angel; Eddie is the Dean of Earth Angels at Angel Academy, Sunset Terrace, Heaven, NS; backup spirits are first year students of the IWannaBeABevyAngel course. Eddie's saying "Watch & learn,my little spirits...just watch & learn...".

    Happy Birthday, Sept sister. xox

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    1. jesus sus, are you smoking smack again.

      happy birthday my little sissy. xxx

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  8. Happy Belated Birthday! Following back from the blog hop. Angels are a big part of me too, so I am happy to meet you on this particular post! Have a great week. Stacie xo

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    1. thank you stacie. you are very pretty. are you offering up one of your angels

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  9. New follower! I love this post so much. I have always wanted to be older too. I love the beauty that comes with age, and I wish more people would embrace it. I must REALLY want to be older. I just found out a couple of months ago that I am actually 34. I thought I turned 35 two years ago!

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    1. ok princess mama you are not old. at 34 you have yet to even smell old. i am past my best before date.

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  10. Returning the follow. Cute blog! Thanks for stopping by! Happy Birtthday to you!!!

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    1. thank you for visiting julie. no one has ever called anything about me cute.

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  11. Hi! Thanks for stopping by and following along. I'm returning the favor :)

    I'm loving the simple and different layout of your blog! Looking forward to reading more.

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    1. kera, thank you for visiting and following.

      that's me simple and different

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  12. You have a lovely blog, following on GFC. Thanks for visiting Call Me PMc and following!

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    1. thanks paula jones. thanks for visiting and following

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  13. Happy day-late Birthday! Maybe you're Eddie's angel. A guy named Eddie would probably like to have an angel with your sense of humor and access to power tools. Maybe a psychic is reading Eddie right now and saying you have an angel named Bev. (I am a little concerned about what Eddie might be doing to the sheep ... which is probably why he needs an angel who lives on a farm and can tell him that sheep are meant to be shorn.) My recent blog post feels entirely too serious now, dammit.

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    1. firstly, i feel quite lame about telling people about my birthday.

      secondly, you dirty girl.

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  14. Happy (belated) birthday! Thank you for visiting my blog, I'm following you back now :)
    Of Thoughts and Things

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    1. thank you visiting and following ashley kelly

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  15. I hope you are an awesome birthday I love birthdays......I don't think of myself getting older just more mellow and laid back.......lol

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    1. thank you miss jo-anne. i am getting quite laid back - mostly to the napping position

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  16. Happy Birthday Bev!!! And thank goodness they were sheep. Hate to have think of my sis fending off something like rams. Nice parable.

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    1. dear sis firstly thank you. secondly, rams are sheep. thirdly, i think you are giving me way too much credit. i had to google to make sure i knew what a parable was and then realized i was quite incapable of creating one. xx

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  17. I hope you had a wonderful birthday, Bev. I got such a kick out of this story. And, like Terri, am wondering about the sheep...

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    1. Great minds, June ...

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    2. jesus june. you and terri. i'm friends with dirty old women. now i'll forever wonder what's going on behind me.

      thank you for the birthday wishes

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    3. dear terri - 2 sheep jokes for you

      why do cowboys marry women?
      because sheep can't cook or clean

      how can pick a sheep farmer out of crowd?
      he's the one with the velcro gloves

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    4. I just read these to my husband. He said, "I wonder how often that really happens." He's so bad. Or, rather, baaaaaahhhhd. (Now I'm just being a dork.)

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  18. following back! thanks so much for visiting today! happy birthday!!

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    1. thank you nicholl for visting and following

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  19. Happy (late) Birthday! Great post!! Maybe you can lead Eddie and his sheep somewhere amazing. I've ALWAYS wanted to have a "reading." Are you going back?

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  20. god elisa you make that sound so seamy. sure i'll be right over

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  21. thank you haunani. no i did not return but this halloween we are have a luncheon and a different phychic is doing readings and so we will see what she sees.

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  22. I couldn't sleep so I started looking around for that good book I was reading. Then I remembered that it was your blog. Sigh.

    Can I come to the witch luncheon this year?

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  23. Hey!! following from the GFC blog hop!!! hope to hear from you soon :)

    xoxo - kylie

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  24. Dear Bev, what I'm wondering is did you use her card and call her to find out about those spirits? Maybe they were spirit guides. I found this whole posting an absolute delight. You reminded me of a little girl who wants a certain Christmas gift and keeps throwing aside the gifts, looking for that one gift, and ignoring an iPad, a lap top, a trip to Disney World--all tossed aside because the child's mind is on one tract--that one gift (for you the number of angels)--that means I'm special like everyone else. I'd say having spirit guides made you pretty special!!!! Peace.

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  25. Hi Bev, I hope you had a wonderful birthday. I'm just stopping by to say how delightful your blog is. Thanks so much for sharing. I have recently found your blog and am now following you, and will visit often. Please stop by my blog and perhaps you would like to follow me also. Have a wonderful day. Hugs, Chris
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  26. Belated happy birthday.

    I think I'd rather have spirits than angels, though the sheep thing worries me a little.

    I guess if they stay downwind...

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