Angels Unaware?

While sitting at the table over breakfast this morning, I thought I saw someone walk by but looked outside to find that no one was there. This isn't the first time this has happened... so many times before I've sworn that a shadow passed by but because no one was ever there, I figured my eyes were playing tricks on me so I never said anything. I can remember this happening even as a child, yet I've never felt fearful upon this occurrence. This morning, I spoke up without a thought. I casually told my step-mom that "I could've sworn I saw somebody walk by the door" to which she replied, "I thought I was the only one that did that!" About that time, Dad walked in on the conversation and joined us at the table. Once he found out what we were talking about, he said that he always sees it as well, but doesn't think anything of it because he too, has noticed it since he was a child. In fact, he's noticed it since his dad died leaving behind a wife and three children, one of which was my 10 year old dad. On that morning in 1969, a 10 year old boy about to board a school bus refused to kiss his dad goodbye. He thought he was too big to do that anymore. As soon as he got to school, a family friend was there to pick him up: his dad had died of a sudden heart attack just minutes after he walked out the door. My aunt's say that as their dad was sitting there in his chair, they noticed that he looked up at the sky with a smile as wide as the ocean and then fell over. I've heard from so many people that my grandfather, John Lewis, whom I've never met, was such a talented Godly man. In fact, anytime Little Roy Lewis sees me at a concert or at any family event that I attend with Madison, he says to me, "Hey, you're John Lewis's granddaughter, aren't you?" I'm told that he had a giving heart and helped anyone any time he could and that he could pretty much play any instrument that he dared to pick up. All I've ever heard about him is good, and I wish I could have known him. But it's such an honor to be known and associated with someone so highly thought of. It really shows how much of a legacy we can leave behind by how we live our lives. But to hear Dad talk this morning about the "shadows" that we all frequently see but never speak of brings a smile to my face. Perhaps we are all protected by angels unaware.