Inspired By, and Dedicated To,

My Very Good Friend and AD Member,

Andy James Turner

“Oh I believe there are angels among us
Sent down to us from somewhere up above,
They come to you and me in our darkest hours
To show us how to live, to teach us how to give,
And to guide us with the light of love”

Alabama,

Angels Among Us

I slowly walked down the street that extremely cold day

With a tattered old suitcase filled with painful memories

Now sadly convinced deep in my pained heart and soul

That misery and loneliness would now accompany me

I had very recently lost a child who had never been born

My wife my home and most of my earthly possessions

And as I sadly shuffled along that cold cruel big city street

I knew that agonizing regret would now be my sole obsession

But several months later in a very frigid big city winter

Needy and orphaned animals began appearing at my door

Somehow they must have sensed that I was the one in need

And I wasn’t plagued with bitterness or loneliness any more

Then well over ten years later in my now new big city existence

Another extremely loving and compassionate soul entered my life

And she miraculously managed to fill that very last hole in my heart

At last I had finally found my true soul mate and my very loving wife

Since then I’ve learned that time good friendship and true love

Can very often mend these extremely agonizing holes in our hearts

If only we have the patience the understanding and the right fortitude

To let earth’s angels weave their magic and provide us with brand new starts

“They wear so many faces,

And show up in the strangest places,
To grace us with their mercy,

In our greatest time of need”

Andy, you will be reunited with your son

One gloriously bright and sunny future day

But you have to have faith, and believe in earth’s angels,

And until that day, with you, all of us will continue to pray