What does a guardian angel look like, Dad?
” Christopher asked. Michael and C.J. immediately perked up and sat up to listen. Clem started by talking about Lisa’s soul. “Mom has this spirit, this energy, that is now in another world with other spirits. Those spirits are there to help us, to protect us. We can feel them, hear them, like when we get little messages in our minds or signs to see, and sometimes we can even see them.” The boys were silent, hanging on Clem’s words. “Sometimes,” said Clem, “Mom will talk to me or I will feel her presence.” Then Clem talked about a particular episode of “Star Trek” that illustrated the spirit world, and he offered them a quote from the French philosopher Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” C.J. wrinkled his nose. “What does that mean?” “It means we have these spirits that just live in our bodies for a while, but they live on. That’s why some people believe that after you die, your soul or
