Touched by an Angel

    Startled from a deep sleep, I sat straight up and listened intently. I heard only my two little ones’ peaceful breathing and the gentle tick of a clock beside me.  Neither pain nor nightmare had jarred me from my slumber. I saw no one.  Yet, an almost tangible presence of someone or something had woken me with an insistent message: “You need to pray. NOW!” ...
  

Excerpt by Kathleen Swartz McQuaig,taken from "Night Fall",   Chicken Soup for the Soul, Touched by an Angel, October 2014