Books by JF Carringer

READ THE VERY FIRST STORY:  ABBEY AND THE ANGEL

“Abbey!  Wake up, Abbey!”

Abbey opened her eyes and sat up in her bed.  “Who is calling my name?”  she asked.

A very soft voice answered.  “I am an angel and I have come to talk to you.  God asked me to come and tell you that He loves you very much.”

Abbey’s little face turned sad.  “I don’t think God loves me at all.  He won’t let me walk like the other little kids.  I want to walk and run and play but my ankles are too weak.  I was born this way.”

“God still loves you, Abbey,”  the angel assured her.  “You are very special to Him.  He knows how much you want to walk and wants you to keep trying very, very hard.  He wants you to be real brave when your mommy and your nurses tell you to do exercises, even if they hurt a little bit, and He wants you to do everything they tell you to do.”

“Then will I walk?”  Abbey asked, becoming excited.

“Do you know what, Abbey?”  the angel responded.  “God loves you so much that He would still love you, even if you never walked.”

Abbey sighed.  “But does He want me to walk?”

“He wants you to walk very much,”  said the angel.

“Then why doesn’t He just let me walk, without the exercises?”  Abbey wanted to know.

The angel smiled.  “Look at all these little children that you see walking and running.  It was very easy for them to learn and walking is nothing really special to them.  They don’t even think about it.  They just do it.  But when you start walking, it will be so exciting and everyone will be so happy.”

“Because it’s so hard for me and it’s taken me so long to learn how!”  Abbey cried.  “That makes me really feel like practicing – so I can make everybody happy faster.”

“Do you want to try to walk right now?”  the angel wanted to know.

“But nobody will see me now,”  Abbey said quickly.

“God will see you,”  said the angel softly.

Abbey slowly swung her little legs around to the edge of the bed.  Then she stopped.  “I’m afraid.”

“Take my hand,”  the angel instructed her.

Abbey reached out her chubby little fingers and clasped the soft warm hand of the angel.  Very gently, she felt herself being pulled to her feet.  She stood very still, her small heart beating very fast.  Then she said, “I want to walk now.  I am ready!”

The angel glided backward through the air and her ruffly wings made a soft brushing sound as she did.  “Take a step, Abbey.”

Abbey took a step, then another, then another.

“Now, I will let go of your hand,”  the angel told her.

“No!”  Abbey cried, her eyes wide.  “Don’t let go.  I will fall.”

“If you tell yourself over and over that you will not fall,” said the angel, “you will be able to walk alone.”

“Did God tell you that?”  Abbey wanted to know.

The angel answered quickly.  “He said He wants you to really believe that you can step out all by yourself.  Can you believe that?”

Abbey swallowed and it was easy to see she was still afraid, but she said softly, “I believe I can step out by myself.”

“Say it again,”  the angel instructed her.

Abbey did.  “I believe I can step out – by myself.”  As she spoke she felt the angel’s hand pulling away.  “I believe I can step out – by myself.”  One little foot went forward and then the other.  She took one wobbly, uncertain step, then two and then three.  “I believe I can step out by myself.  I believe I can step out by myself.”  As her steps became steadier, Abbey became so excited she tried to walk faster, but then she began to fall.  “Help me!”  she cried.

The angel took her hand.  Then she picked Abbey up and snuggled her against her body.  “You did a wonderful job!  Oh, God is so proud of you right now.”

The angel smelled good, like all kinds of flowers and Abbey nuzzled her little nose against her.  Then she looked up into the angel’s face and the biggest, happiest smile came across her lips.  “Guh-Guh!”  she cried.  “You are Guh-Guh, my grandma that went to heaven!”

There were tears in the eyes of the angel, even though she was smiling.  “God let me come back to you, Abbey,”  she said, “to see you take your first steps.”

Abbey asked softly, “Do you miss me, Guh-Guh?”

The angel laughed.  “I’m not far enough away to miss you because I’ll always be in your heart and you will be in mine.  We are forever connected by love.  Now I need you to promise me you’ll keep trying to walk and keep believing it with all your heart. And when you do take those first steps alone for your mommy and daddy, Abbey, well, you might think you’re imagining you hear some extra laughter, but it will be me.  Will you remember that?”

“I will remember – and I will walk.  I promise!”
    And she did!

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Preview of Stories (A-Z)

A    ABBEY and the ANGEL.  Abbey has a walking   disability.  Then an angel comes to help her out.

B    BILLY and the BANDIT.  Billy thinks his sisters don’t like him and decides to run away from home.  Then he meets a little bandit angel.

C    CORY and the CLOWN.  Cory is unhappy because he thinks his parents don’t love each other anymore.  An angel clown tries to cheer him up.

D    DESTINY and the DOLL.  Destiny is jealous of her baby brother - until the doll she wants so badly turns into an angel and has a little talk with her.

E    EDDIE and the EAGLE.  Eddie is weak because of a heart condition.  It takes an eagle to make him count his blessings.

F    FAITH and the FAIRY.  Faith doesn’t believe in any childhood fantasies, until she meets a fairy angel.

G    GARY and the GIANT.  Gary is upset because he’s very small for his age.  It takes a giant angel to cheer him up.

H    HANNAH and the HAT.  Hannah thinks she is ugly because of scars on her face.   Then she meets an angel who is also disfigured.

I    ISABEL and the IDOL.  Isabel is very shy and longs to be bold like her favorite singing idol.  Then the  idol angel tells her his own story .

J    JANIE and JESUS.  Janie is a very bad little girl until she has a talk with Jesus.

K    KENNY and the KITE.  Kenny is afraid of thunderstorms until an angel makes him face his fears.

L    LACYN and the LOST TEETH.  Lacyn wants back the teeth the dentist had to pull.  Her angel gives her surprising news about where her teeth went.

M    MIKEY and the MAN.  Mikey longs for a father.  Then he meets a man who knows all about “fathers”.

N    NIKI and NOBODY.  Niki thinks she’s a nobody because she can’t read well.  Her angel makes her see how she can be helped.

O    ONI and the OLD PEOPLE.  Oni is afraid of old people – until a very old angel comes to visit her.

P    PATTI and the PUPPET.  Patti wants to always be the boss.  An angel puppet makes her see what it’s like to be controlled.   

Q    QUANA and the QUEEN.  Quana thinks if she becomes queen she can make her family rich.  Her queen angel shows her that money isn’t everything.

R    ROBBY and the ROBOT.  Robby is afraid of monsters.  The robot angel makes him face his fears.

S    SONNY and the SCARECROW.  Sonny is afraid of God until he secretly talks to a scarecrow about it.

T    TERRY and the TUTOR.  A little boy becomes a temporary angel to cheer up his tutor.

U    URIAH and the UNLIKELY ANGEL.  Uriah is terrified of being alone – until he meets a very unlikely angel.

V    VERONICA and the VISION.  Veronica has a seeing disability and always wants to be alone.  Her angel shows her something she never thought about.

W    WENDY and the WIND ANGEL.  Wendy can’t understand why her baby brother died.  The wind angel talks to her about it.

X    XENA and the XL ANGEL.  Xena is sad because she’s overweight.  She never dreams there might be an overweight (XL) angel on the way to help her.

Y    YUNI and the YOUNG GIRL.  Yuni fears growing up.  She is encouraged by a very young angel.

Z    ZONNA and the ZERO ANGEL.  Zonna fears being different, until she meets a different kind of angel.