We were walking into a restaurant to have dinner with my mom, Patti and Brian (who are in town for the weekend) and the kids (at Bucca de Beppo - an awesome italian restaurant you should try if you have one near you!) Anyway, Marlon says to me, "I'm very worried that I'm going to die today." He seemed about half serious. He proceeded to explain that he saw a weird thing driving to the kids' school mid morning today (he was coming for the jog a thon, I was already there.) He explained that it was a "person" in the front seat of a truck that was white and looked like an angel. It had some sort of mask or hat on and looked very scary.
He thought maybe it was the "Angel of Death" and since he saw it, it meant that he was going to die soon. I said I had never even heard of the Angel of Death and I'm sure it was just someone in a weird outfit or his imagination.
He continued to fret about it for awhile. Finally, he asked if I thought it could have been someone wearing a costume for Good Friday. It hit me then that today is the Jewish holiday of Purim and and our school is next to the JCC. I remember reading in an email newsletter that they were having a big Purim costume parade/carnivalfor the preschool, so I'm sure Marlon saw someone going in costume!
He was quite relieved about this, so he's no longer worried! :)
Is there really something called the "Angel of Death?" I've never heard of that!
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Dont stress about blogging too much or too little. Post something when something interesting happens. I only post when we do something worth posting, which is clearly not very often.
Tell Marlon that there's nothing in Jewish liturgy, that I can recall, about the Angel Of Death driving a car.
Angel of Death appears in alot of literature and art. I don't think he drives a car, or visits prior to doing his job, but this isn't the first time Marlon thought he was going to die (my dream before he went to China).
Jody
Marlon's in the clear because I think the Angel of Death drives a 1994 red Ford Festiva.
Angela, LOL!
okay angelas comment has me CRACKING UP! Marlon, Ian is exactly like you. I can see him fretting about exactly the same thing.
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