Disguised Angel

By
Suzanne from Maryland

A disguised angel came to me BACK IN 1975, I started to work for a small flooring Company. The owner was someone my sister went to school and graduated the same year with. He was 5 years older then me. I knew him but he did not know me.

He was married to a girl he did not want to be married too, but had to marry her. They had a daughter and while working for him, they had a little boy. I at the time had a boyfriend, a young man that I worked for and was an incredible person. He was loving, caring, and God fearing.

He had just lost his best friend, his Dad around 3 years before I started working for him. He has a good business going but after his father passed; his life took a big turn around. His business started suffering due to a large builder who basically stole over $50,000.00. Money that was due to pay vendors, suppliers, taxes, etc…

That was the beginning, and then he left his wife several times. His life was going in a spiral. I saw this kind loving man and we fell in love and I married him and still do as of this day. However what seemed to be an incredible romance had its horrible times. He had a nervous breakdown.

The tax people were taking funds from his business checking account and he could not pay anything probably paid 2 bank employee’s salaries for a year with the overdraft, bounced checks which literally destroyed this man.

He gave his home to his ex-wife and children so the kids would have a good home and he lived in attics, basements, etc... that he fixed up.

He turned to alcohol to numb the pain, embarrassment, and the hurt of missing his children. He would cry his heart out every Sunday night when it was time to take the kids back to there moms.

So, one day I am in the store working and a man came in the door. Just to make it clear, this store was in the neighborhood we both grew up in and we’re still living there. You kinda recognize everybody.

So this adorable little man came in my door. I heard the bell go off. My desk was in the back, and I could not really see the person coming in but within 2 seconds from getting up, you could. This man had a derby hat on, looking to be around 75 years old. He had an old plaid looking suit jacket with a vest under it and a newspaper folded under his arm. I never ever saw this man before, but he just had a kind face.

So, I asked him if I could help him with anything and all he said to me was”, do not get mixed up with a drinking man.” I was a little surprised to hear these words from a total stranger. I can’t recall what I might have said, but he touched my arm and said remember what I told you.

It will be nothing but heartache. Just then, my phone rang, I turned and tool maybe 3 steps. The phone stopped ringing and this man was gone, and I do mean gone. I looked out the front door; I stepped outside and walked next door to my left, and to my right.

He was no where in sight. It had only been about 3 minutes if that long. I still live in this neighborhood and have never ever seen this man ever again. It was several years later during some of the most emotional times of my life dealing with the horrors of alcohol that I realized this man was a disguised angel.

It hit me like a train and was just so obvious. I can’t believe it took me that much time to see that this man was a disguised angel and warned me.

I am still with this man who over these past 30 years has been to counseling, in jail twice, because I put him there. He also stayed in a recovery house for a month. He does not drink anymore and my life has been great. He was always a wonderful man and I new that when he turned into this crazed mad man that it was just the liquor. He never ever hit me but the verbal abuse was just the worst. I often wondered what would have happened if I would have listened to this angel and just walked out. My husband is still the love of my life, my soul mate. I do wonder what may have happened since I did not listen to this disguised angel. Is my life going to get bad again or what?

Do you have a Disguised angel? Please share your story with the world! Many of us have angels that visit us without warning or even acknowledged that they were angels. These disguised angels have many stories. Please share yours with us!

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