We all have someone looking after us.
Whether you believe it or not, I feel at least once in your life you will experience an event where someone or something will show up right when you need them.
When I was the tender age of 25, I, Doug Dennison, met my Guardian Angel in the flesh.
The event unfolded as such....
It was a crisp October evening in the great city of Chicago.
I was walking away from my place of business on Michigan Ave getting ready to cross the busy street at the corner of Michigan and Pearson. With ear buds in place and iPod in hand, my eyes were transfixed at finding the perfect song to travel home with.
As I stood at the street corner still scrolling through songs and waiting to walk west across the street, I felt a presence approach me and take their place a few feet behind me.
Without looking up and noticing with my keen peripheral vision, the walk light turned from red to green. At a gunshot like reaction my body was ready to follow my first left step.
At an even faster pace then my gun shot reaction, I heard an angelic, yet vaguely familiar voice yell out "Whoa Man!" which stopped me right in my tracks. As the voice continued to ring through my ears and above the volume of my chosen song, I looked up and noticed a bicycle messenger passing by, just a few inches from where I should have been at that moment.
As I turned around to hear the voice and thank him for stopping me in my tracks, my adrenaline pumped knowing I had just avoided massive injury. My head completely turned at the moment I looked the man in his eyes, recognized exactly who he was and said, "Thanks." He plainly shook his head in gratitude.
As I walked away from the avoided dangerous situation I realized I had just met my Guardian Angel.
And to this day, almost 4 years later, I will always thank Billy Ray Cyrus for saving me from harm.
