I received Cris’ pastel drawing of my guardian angel 11 years ago, as a birthday present from a dear friend. From the first moment of unwrapping the angel, it was simply the most meaningful gift I have ever received. I felt such a deep and intimate feeling of being loved by the beautiful male angel whose face gazed with deep serenity at me. I have so often meditated with the angel drawing, and often weep healing tears at the love I feel from this being. However, a year ago, I lost someone extremely dear to me, and felt so much grief and fear and aloneness that I almost wanted to die to escape from it. In the midst of this pain, I heard a tiny whisper of intuition – get your angel. He had been in another room for awhile as I had other paintings in my bedroom. I took away everything else and put my angel on a low alter in front of my bed. His presence comforted me, and I felt held by him as my heart broke for months and months. He was truly my guardian in this time, offering a gentle consolation that I was desperate for. He was tenderly with me, so that I was not completely alone, and at the time, it felt like he reached out and with his love for me saved my life. I felt his guidance one day whilst the despair was so strong, telling me gently to heal my inner child, as it was she who was so inconsolable and terrified.  Even though I barely knew what it meant, I began to do this, and it was the beginning of much profound healing for me, which I am still continuing to this day. Cris’ intuition is so strong, it is as though she knew exactly what I would need from my angel and how he would have to love and carry me. She drew him standing with his violet and midnight wings around me, holding me close to his heart, and the tenderness of this image of being held sheltered me a thousand times when I felt so unheld in the rest of my life. Even now, I discover new things about my relationship to this beautiful angel, and the ways that he is healing just for me. My angel was so powerful for me that I commissioned Cris to do an angel picture for both my young children of their guardian angels. Although I was a single mother and could not offer my children the solace of a father who was present, or an extended family, I wanted them to know that they were loved and held far beyond just one parent. It was a great consolation to me to see that my children, who I often felt were so vulnerable, had powerful and tender beings who loved them completely. Cris’ gift is beautiful and tender beyond description.