My Baby's Guardian Angel
by Kara Mann

One day when my daughter, who is now 6, was only 11 months old, we were heading to Dublin for the day for a spot of Christmas shopping. We live in Wexford which is about a 2 hour drive from Dublin. As usual, before a long drive, I checked the oil and tyres of the car and topped up the water tank for the windscreen wipers and put petrol in the car. When all was in order we jumped into the car and put on my daughters favourite nursery rhyme CD.
After about 15 minutes she was asleep. 20 minutes into the journey the windscreen became dusty and dirty (because we were travelling behind a truck), so my husband turned on the water to clear the wind screen. Nothing came out. He tried again and again but still nothing. He asked me did I put the water in the right place. He started to think that I had put the water into the wrong place and said he was going to pull over so I could show him where I put the water (he was worried that I put it where the oil should have went).
He stopped the car and the cd switched off. All of a sudden we both heard a horrible sound coming from the back of the car. Our precious little daughter was choking on her vomit. I ran around and opened her door and sat her forward in her car seat. She let out the biggest cry. We calmed her down and clean her up and turned on the car to head home with her. In all the panic we forgot to check the water for the wipers. As my husband started the car, the first thing he done was switch on the water and wipers. The water came out first time. We both just looked at each other. I honestly believe that an Angel gave us that warning to pull over that day. If the wipers had have worked that day then we would not have pulled over and therefore wouldn't have heard our daughter choking.
Everyday I thank the Angels. I know she has one sitting on her shoulder.