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This pair is frustrating, confusing, and unlike any of my other assignments.  I have come to expect a certain order in the forming of a relationship—connection, friendship, affection, then intimacy.  Now I understand why Danit warned us in training never to assume anything with humans. Since their encounter on Friday, there has been no contact between Myrtle and Jaquinn until tonight.  They made breakfast together on Saturday morning, exchanged numbers, and parted with a kiss as Myrtle ran off to…

I will have my wings full with these two. Myrtle had been invited to a friend’s house for a party last night, and even as she turned the corner she could hear the beat thudding down the street.  It made her smile, and she sashayed her way up the walk and through the front door.  “Hey!” she shouted into the crowd. There weren’t really very many people there, perhaps thirty or thirty-five, but the small space made it seem like…

To dance is an art foreign to one who does not have a body.  It is difficult for angels to understand the strength and discipline that is required.  To dance well, one has to know the space and the flesh that one inhabits, to understand its capability and its limitations.  I have only seen the barest glimpse of this through the eyes of my newest assignment. Myrtle Mills is fresh out of college, working her first job in Concord, New…

Seeing that Pamela’s case has become less wings-on for now, I have requested another assignment from Danit.  I hope for something simple, as I need to be available for Pamela, but it will be good to have something more to work on. Pamela is still doing well.  She has her difficult moments, but I have been encouraging her to contact one of her friends in those moments.  Last night she had dinner—and many, many drinks—with Mal and Mal’s current boyfriend. …

Danit had a few recommendations for me for a new partner for Pamela.  One is a substitute teacher like Pamela; one is an old friend of hers, soon to move into the area; and the last is a man whom Pamela’s friend Diana knows.  In fact, Diana has already offered to give Pamela Andrew’s information, and Pamela is considering reaching out to him. I do not think it is wise, however, to draw her right away into a new relationship. …

Rohan has gone on his way. I confess it freely, I am relieved.  Pamela, too, though she will not admit it to herself, feels lighter.  Though he has not reached out to her since they met at the café, she was still aware that he was in the proximity.  Having him gone is a load off her heart. My work with her, however, is not done.  The strength I gave to her through anger will not last forever.  She loves…