I want to share how Eden’s Angels lifted my spirit and turned a devastating day into one of promise. I had been feeling tired and generally unwell for some time, and my doctor had tried vitamins and other therapies to no avail. We then embarked on tests that I had never had before and new doctors to administer them. For weeks, I was scanned, poked, pricked and monitored.
Finally, my doctor asked me to come in for the test results. I didn’t know what to expect. For whatever reason, I didn’t want anyone to come with me, and I didn’t even tell my husband about the appointment. I guess I was in denial, because the worst possible diagnosis took me by surprise.
I didn’t cry. I just felt cold and numb. I hardly heard my doctor as he told me the treatment that was recommended. I remember wanting to run; to just get away. I excused myself and left his office.
I walked and walked. I thought about my two children – blossoming and more beautiful every day. I thought about my husband – loving and caring and so strong when we needed him to be. I thought about our families, our friends, and the life I had been taking for granted. I could lose it all.
Tears welled in my eyes and I had to stop walking to find a tissue. I dabbed at my eyes and looked around – hoping no one was watching my moment of despair. Then I saw them. I had stopped in front of a gift shop and the display of angels in its window seemed to reach out to me. I had never seen them before – so beautiful and stately, but it was the titles that really touched my aching heart: Hope… Love… Family… Faith.
It was Faith that turned my day around. I had dwelled on all the people and things that made up my life, but I had forgotten the underpinning of my life – my Faith. My personal beliefs… the serenity that comes from genuine Faith… the knowledge that a Guiding Hand was always nearby to lift me up – these were forgotten as I let fear and hopelessness overtake me.
I went inside the store and held each angel. The clerk told me the angels were a new collection called Eden’s Angels. I read the words that came with each one, and I knew that my Guiding Hand had brought me to this moment.
I purchased Faith. The angel embracing a child was speaking to me: I was the frightened child and my Angel was giving me comfort, renewing my own Faith.
That was several weeks ago. My treatments are going well and the prognosis is guarded but hopeful. My family and friends are my strength – along with Faith.
She sits in a place of honor in our home – a constant reminder that with Faith, nothing is impossible.

-Seattle, Washington