What are your thoughts on Guardian Angels?

[sarah1826]

I have a story for you all & I'd like to know what you think.

When I was a junior in high school I had an experience that could be considered strange I guess. My good friend Shawn gave me a ride home after school on this warm fall day like he did on many occasions before. As I got out of the car and started walking to my front door Shawn started beeping his horn over and over & screaming "Bye Sarah" "See you later Sarah" "Bye". Again all while beeping his horn, he even continued to beep while he pulled out of my driveway and drove away. I thought to myself, "What the hell got into him". Shawn was a funny guy but had never done anything like that before.

So I unlock my front door and walk in to the house, I get into the kitchen and see the cupboards open and food out on the counter, things strewn around all over the floor. It didn't occur to me until I called my mom on the phone to explain what I came home to, to realize we had been robbed. My mom told me to hold still that she was calling the police & she was on her way home, she worked close to home thankfully. I stood in the kitchen doorway & then realized the sliding glass doors in the back were wide open. Those few minutes waiting for my Mom & the police were some of the scariest moments of my life.

The police ended up catching the thief and come to find out he was about to make himself something to eat, but he heard my friend beeping and screaming and took off out the back door.

I called my friend Shawn later that night & told him about what happened & asked him why he was beeping & screaming like that & he said he really didn't know & that it just felt like the thing to do at the time. He really had no explanation.

I hate to think what would have happened if Shawn hadn't made all that noise & I walked right in on the guy. So sometimes I like to think that maybe it was someone looking out for me but then other times I think it might just have been dumb luck. Anyone have any thoughts?

[Millergirl4]

That's a really cool story. That's for sharing it with us. You are one very lucky girl. It's funny that Shawn did that when it wasn't a normal thing for him to do. Maybe something guided him to do that and that's why it felt so right at that time to him. I do beleive in guardian angels, I wonder if Shawn was yours that day.

Did you ever find the guy that broke into your house?

[Spooky]

That's an awesome story Sarah. Scary to think what could of happened if you friend didn't feel the urge to make all the noise. Bet he was your favorite friend there for awhile. ;D

I believe everyone has a certan someone or something that we are not aware of watching over them.

[sarah1826]

Yeah they caught the guy the same day. He was a 17 year old druggie. And quite a stupid one at that!

I have to give you a little back story. The town I grew up in was a pretty small town. My graduating high school class in 1992 was 58 kids. There are no buses for transportation, no cab companies. If you don't live near the center of the town & are close enough to walk to the pizza place, video store, gas station and corner store you better have a car. Well it's a little better these days but you get the idea.

The guy and one of his other druggie friends had driven down my street and cased out some houses. They were going to break into my friend Sue's house down the street but she had a dog so they kept on going & came to mine. So the one kid broke in the other guy driving was suppose to drive around for a bit then come back & get the other. I didn't notice the driver but he saw my friend Shawn pulling out of my driveway beeping so he took off & left his friend.

Stupid thief number one took off out my back door into the woods and came out to the street a few houses away. A little way up the street from me my Uncle owns & operates a candy making business. The thief walked up there asked to use the phone to call a cab to get him. My Uncle was obviously unaware that this loser just robbed my house so he let him use the phone. When my Uncle heard what had happened he put two and two together and called the police. My Uncle knew which cab company picked the kid up because like I said there are NONE in my town and only a few from the closest city would come out to my town. The cab driver remembered exactly where he dropped the kid off back in the city because it was an unusual pickup going out to my town. So it was quite easy for the police to get him.

Since they got him so quickly they were able to recover most of what he had stolen. Which was a good thing because one of the things he had stolen was my oldest brother's brand new, week old bass guitar. He was devastated when he knew it was gone, it was not cheap. So getting that back was incredible.

My mom felt bad at first & thought about not pressing charges since the thief was basically a kid, but then she came to her senses when she really thought of what could have happened if I walked in on him.

My friend Shawn is still one of my best friends to this day. We don't see or talk to each other as much as I would like since life & responsibilities get in the way but I am so thankful for him. That situation happened over 15 years ago but I still always wonder if someone or something was watching out for me that day & made Shawn do what he did to scare the guy off. I'd like to think that is what it was.

[Millergirl4]

Okay so forgive me I have a sweet tooth......Your uncle has a candy making business? How lucky are you?

Okay so back to the story. Guess that theif should've stuck to a larger centre to rob houses. I'm glad that he was caught so quickly and that you recovered your stuff. Our house was robbed a few times (til we bought some trained guard dogs) and once they even stole my piggy bank.