I met Annaleah years ago when she was a tiny little teenager. My daughter kept her out of trouble and she kept my daughter out of trouble. It was as if both of them were angels together.
 
I don’t see much of Annaleah anymore because she grew up and went on conquering things in life that we all try to conquer. When I heard of Angels on the Streets, even years later, Annaleah was the first person that came to my mind.
 
Earlier this year I asked my daughter how Anna had been doing. “As good as can be expected,” she said.
 
“What does that mean?” I asked. She told me a story that tore my heart apart.
 
Anna is only twenty but in the past year she has faced more hardship than people twice her age. And she has kept a smile on her face.
 
Anna’s story began the beginning of this year when she faced the fact that she and her childhood boyfriend, who had became her husband, weren’t on the same page anymore and needed to go their separate ways.
 
Shortly after that she walked out of her home to discover that someone had hit her car. It was rough on her but she knew she would make it through.
 
Then she got called to the hospital. What was supposed to be a routine heart bypass on her father somehow went wrong and the man that had been her rock was gone. She had to settle his estate, and help her youngest brother through the crisis.
 
She has been through so much this year. Because every little bit counts for a Christmas dinner, or maybe a small gift for her brother, I know it will go to a person that is so caring, loving, and deserving.
 
Like an angel she has kept a smile on her face.