in the christian, muslim and jewish traditions, the archangel gabriel is often responsible for relaying messages to mortals, such as when gabriel told mary that she would bear a child and his name would be emmanuel. this picture is not of that moment.
my cracked windshield has been repaired although i’m not supposed to drive for a while to allow the glass to “cure”.
as angels so often take many forms, it is possible that the archangel gabriel, or some sort of messenger, has taken the form of a slow moving geico insurance claims system and a really slow safelight glass repair shop. because my son joseph has been saying "you need to stop traveling and sit down and start writing a book about what you did last year." maybe the only way it can happen is if my car is disabled and my airplane slush fund emptied.
but i’ll be on the road tomorrow visiting facebook friend #304. . ..
last night, as i drifted to sleep, i believed that the angel gabriel and a few others had come to fly over my head. nope, it was bats, i think three of them, i was pretty hysterical at the time. swiping the air with a broom didn't intimidate them and crying left them unmoved. maybe i could ask these bats to guard the house, intimidating any robbers while i am away.
tomorrow i start to make plans for trips to new york (with a side trip through pennsylvania) and nevada. but i think there is something to what the angel gabriel and my son joseph have been telling me. . . i need to write a book about last year because it was the most wonderful experience of friendship. if you know a publisher who would want a book with embedded videos and photos, or an agent with imagination, or ryan gosling (i just want to meet him, okay????) tell me all about it.
yesterday, i did receive the most wonderful present from f2fb (face to facebook) friend #301 brenda jeffries. she is the gal who has agoraphobia and lives in detroit with the help of her surviving children (her daughter raven was murdered several years ago). i picked up that her oldest son in particular felt that physical exercise and the experience of the “high” you get when you’re really working out would be good for her. i sent a present. this is the result:
a lot of people who have agoraphobia feel comfortable outside so long as they are with a "safe" person. my two safe people are my sons and brenda feels safe with her children. tim and brenda are going bike riding. i'm so happy for them. if you're in detroit and you see her tooling around on this bike, wave to her!
thank you brenda, you MADE my day, my week, my month!
arlynnpresser 
March 7th, 2012 at 5:06 pm
Great follow-up post–neat layout!
As always, thank you for your mighty spirit… Gabriella. 😉
March 7th, 2012 at 7:17 pm
You made my day with this blog ! thank you from the bottom of my heart.
March 7th, 2012 at 8:49 pm
Awesome, awesome, awesome! We are often angels to others…I think your wings are growing bigger. 🙂 Travel safe. 🙂
March 8th, 2012 at 5:21 am
fine
March 8th, 2012 at 6:13 am
I love your blog! I fought Agoraphobia during my teen years. Your journey is commendable! Thank you for sharing with us.
March 8th, 2012 at 10:58 pm
i’m glad you went beyond it glenda, how’d you do it!!????
March 8th, 2012 at 7:02 am
Arlynn,
How about an e-book?
Tina Vesper
March 8th, 2012 at 10:57 pm
i would love an e-book and i’m trying to pull together all the videos and film and photos from the last year. tina, do you have any ideas for publishers of such a thing? a book where you can read and then touch the screen with the intent of seeing a video that accompanies it all.
March 8th, 2012 at 10:02 am
I just found your blog after seeing the article about you in the National Enquirer. It couldn’t have been in the magzine at a better time. I also suffer from Agoraphobia and cannot leave the house without my Husband. A month ago we moved across Canada from Southern Ontario to Northern Alberta and I know absolutely no one and honestly how do you meet people when you cant leave the house by yourself? Anyways I wanted to tell you how inspiring you are and I hope to one day have the strength you have to just do it. I need to get better so I can have children (I am 28). I would love to talk to you, you can e-mail me or I have a blog as well that I need to start using http://www.lifeaskandistar.blogspot.com. Thank you again for being so inspiring, and just thought I’d let you know you reached out and gave someone hope today
Candace Woods
March 8th, 2012 at 10:56 pm
i am always happy to hear from kindred spirits. i’m at apresser@hotmail.com and i am so impossibly awed by what you’ve taken on. i totally understand having a “safe” person. . .
March 8th, 2012 at 5:04 pm
Your voice, as usual, is most delightful, quippy, and enjoyable to read. And of course, hilarious. It’s like I can hear your heart through your words. Thank you so much for sharing. It’s a nice delightful croissant to the day. 😀
March 8th, 2012 at 10:55 pm
thank you so much! you are so sweet and you make me feel like it’s okay to have a croissant. . . . right now!
March 9th, 2012 at 5:16 am
😀 HAHA.. yes.. chocolate croissants being the best of course. 😀
March 9th, 2012 at 2:36 am
I once had an intuitive tell my that my angels had a wonderful sense of humor and I have been trying to hear them ever since. No contact yet. 😦
March 9th, 2012 at 2:37 am
the angel gabriel has a strange sense of humor. he is often pictured, as in my blog, smoting evildoers. . . but he’s essentially a great dude. and my bats in the house might be his minions. . .
March 13th, 2012 at 7:05 pm
Love this piece! Great job, Arlynn! xoxo