All About Angels
By Colleen Hughes

February 2010

"I Never Get Sick"
February 24, 2010
I stayed home sick today, which is unusual for me. In fact the last time I felt sick enough not to go into work was the day after I loudly declared in the office hallways that "I never get sick." As if I were somehow better than that!
Well, I was out for a week with a flu that taught me a lesson. I'm not always in control, and I don't have to be.
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Snow Angels
February 11, 2010
What a blizzard we had yesterday in New York. No school, no work, no power, no problem—well, for the kids at least.
My girls’ biggest challenge was trying to keep their backyard snow angels in tact. Not easy when the wind and snow just won’t let up.
The few emails I was able to send to work with my spotty internet connection wound up in my own Drafts box. A lot of good that did.
Shoveling the driveway wasn’t so easy either, but with a neighbor’s help (thank you, neighbor!) it all got done.
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The Lost Pass
February 3, 2010
I hate to lose things because it feels like a comment on my character. Still, it happens.
On Friday, January 29, I lost my monthly commuter pass on the way into work. I'd used it on the bus that morning but couldn't find it when it was time to show it to the train conductor. Without my monthly pass in hand, I had to pay for the ride in—those are the rules.
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Colleen Hughes is the editor-in-chief of Angels on Earth. She's been at Guideposts for 20 plus years, and lives in a Hudson River town with her two daughters and two cats.