This morning I sent this 14 year old off to school.
It’s Homecoming here. Last night there was a bonfire, today a pep rally, tonight a football game, tomorrow a dance.
We be busy.
So later, I was replying to some comments here on my blog and I ended up clicking on something that took me way back to some of my first posts. I saw comments from my dad, which made me smile and brought a touch of sadness as well. Clicking here led to clicking there until I came across this post from a few years back that is entitled “Listen.”
I think it’s my favorite blog post of all time.
It’s a voicemail from that sweet 14 year old above when she was a bit younger. A bit more innocent. But still as fun. And crazy. And tender.
You have to listen to this message. It shows her heart.
A beautiful heart.
Here’s the original post from 2010:
My niece called me. She left the sweetest, most precious voicemail.
Before you hear more, I must tell you this.
“Mama” in the message, works in bail bonds. They were at the jail to bail someone out. Thankfully, not a member of the family…….this time.
My niece had been prostrate weeping and wailing for hours because her friend Perla couldn’t come over after she had been planning it for a whole entire week. She was devastated.
And lastly, Jesus is her homeboy.
Click on the link below. You must. It’ll make you smile, I hope.
http://www.divshare.com/flash/playlist?myId=10255644-023
Authors Note: It took me 17 hours, 904 online tutorials, and ten of my own dollars to learn how to post this to my blog. I have yanked every hair from my head and am now forever changed, not to mention bald. So it had better make you smile.
Thanks for listening 🙂
Angel Wheeler 
I could not get the site to play. Wish I could hear it.
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From: The Life of a Self-Professed Rocket Surgeon [mailto:comment-reply@wordpress.com] Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 12:33 PM To: dcr.reynolds@charter.net Subject: [New post] You’d better listen.
Angel posted: “This morning I sent this 14 year old off to school. It’s Homecoming here. Last night there was a bonfire, today a pep rally, tonight a football game, tomorrow a dance. We be busy. So later, I was replying to some comments here on my blog and”
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Angel, I am receiving double e-mails from you. You can delete one.
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From: The Life of a Self-Professed Rocket Surgeon [mailto:comment-reply@wordpress.com] Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 12:33 PM To: dcr.reynolds@charter.net Subject: [New post] You’d better listen.
Angel posted: “This morning I sent this 14 year old off to school. It’s Homecoming here. Last night there was a bonfire, today a pep rally, tonight a football game, tomorrow a dance. We be busy. So later, I was replying to some comments here on my blog and”
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My sweet and precious baby girl………..now grown into a young (teenaged) lady. Her sweet little girl voice brings music to my ears! Her young innocence is thrilling! But, her faith in God…………and knowing that He is with her always…….is real LOVE! Thank you, Jesus, for our beloved child! May she continue to grow more precious, and always with the love and faith and innocence that she has today! And, may she rise up to be called ‘BLESSED’!
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So sweet … I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry ! So I did both!!! She is such a beautiful young lady and is blessed to have you in her life! Hope you all had fun at all the festivities and that your team won their game!
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