Angels Surrounding Us

Here is another true story about how we must have angels surrounding us. We do seem to give them a hard time, but since they are probably our dear departed relatives, I think that they are happy to help us. 

His name was Paul Howard Stout, and looking back it seemed like he was a cat-- one with nine lives (so they say!) 

For such a nice, quiet, sweet boy, it was amazing that he had so many close calls with death in his life.

When he was about the same age as Kirt  when he was run over, the same thing happened to Paul! Yes, it really did. 

One summer day when he was about a year and a half, he and his brothers and sisters were playing on the front lawn at 1626 So. 50 E. in Orem, Utah. 

Mama was in the house folding clothes in the bedroom,

daddy was in the yard doing work,

and the neighbors across the street were all excited to see their dad drive in to the driveway of their yard. He had been gone, and they were getting ready to move. 

About that time, the neighbor man was told he would need to move his car as the moving van was coming, so he did,to the street. 

At that very time, Paul, in T shirt and diaper, toddled across the street to see what was happening. 

Just at the moment when Mr. Halliday's car backed into the street, Paul arrived, and then it happened. The car ran over Paul!! 

Another neighbor, Audene Yearsley,  a few houses away, heard screams and saw what had happened! She had just gotten home from the hospital a few days before, but she ran down to help Paul. The bump and scream alerted Mr. Halliday, and so he pulled forward, running over Paul again!!! 

Paul's family were alerted to the screams and they all rushed to help. Daddy ran across the street and picked up a  crying little child, and mama ran out too, and they took him in the car to the Utah Valley Hospital. They were so glad he was still alive and crying. 

The Doctors checked him out and said he could have a ruptured spleen, but that did not happen. He too was finally sent home with no serious injuries. All the family knelt and prayed for little Paul.

Mama stayed by his side all night, and next morning he was hungry and seemed fine.  He got well fast too, and had no complications. Those angels were really really busy that day. 

 To be continued~~~~