THIS IS A STORY OF A BABY BOY THAT  LIVED  A  SAD EXISTENCE  OF PARADISE POSTPONED AND BRIGHT FUTURE LOST. 

THIS IS A STORY OF A BABY BOY THAT  LIVED  A  SAD EXISTENCE  OF PARADISE POSTPONED AND BRIGHT FUTURE LOST. 

HE BEGAN HIS LIFE AS A REMARKABLE  BABY.  HANDSOME BRIGHT, ARTICULATE IN HIS OWN RIGHT. AT LESS THAN  6 MONTHS OLD HE WOULD REPORT TO HIS MOTHER WHAT HE SAW LIKE A CAT MIMICKING THE MEOWS AND MOVEMENT OF A FELINE.

HIS FOREHEAD IS WIDE, SIGN OF HIGH CONFIDENCE, INTELLIGENCE, FAIR SKIN AND GAVE THIS LITTLE BOY A  VERY SIMPATICO APPEAL. 

FRIENDS AND PEOPLE AROUND COMPLEMENTED HIS MOTHER ABOUT HER BEAUTIFUL BABY WITH THE FEATURES OF AN ANGEL  AS THEY CALLED HIM LITTLE ANGEL. BY CHANCE HIS MOTHER  ALSO WITH  A  MONICKER  "ANGELES"  NICKNAMED HIM THEN MY "LITTLE ARCHANGEL"  AND  SO FOLLOWING  FAMILY TRADITION OF HAVING THE LETTER "A" AT THE BEGINNING  OF  HIS BROTHER'S  FIRST NAMES LIKE ALEXANDER,  ADRIAN,  THE  NAMES  OF FAMOUS KINGS OF YORE, HIS  FULL  CHRISTIAN NAME  BECAME  "ARTHUR  D'ARCHANGEL"

TIME PASSED, THEN ONE MORNING AN ACCIDENT HAPPENED, ARTHUR FELL FROM A WINDOW LEDGE HITTING THE METAL BED FRAME AT  THE BACK OF HIS HEAD,  AND   HE ALMOST DIED "PARADISE  POSTPONED". LUCKILY ARTHUR SURVIVED BUT  INJURED  HIM FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. A "BRIGHT FUTURE LOST".

 

THIS HAPPENED WHEN EVERYBODY IN THE HOUSE WAS SOMEWHERE, SIBLINGS WERE IN SCHOOL, THE MOTHER WAS WORKING AND THE FATHER A NAVAL OFFICER WAS AWAY ON A MISSION, EXCEPT FOR THE MAID. THE MAID PLACED ARTHUR ON THE WINDOW LEDGE 3 FEET ABOVE THE BED WHILE SHE WAS DOING LAUNDRY, ASSUMING  IF ARTHUR FELL  DOWN, THE NARROW BED WILL CATCH HIM. HAD THE MAID  RUSHED HIM TO THE HOSPITAL  ARTHUR COULD HAVE SAVED HIS BRIGHT FUTURE. 

WHEN THE MOTHER ARRIVED  5  HOURS  LATER PAST THE TIME OF POSSIBLE TREATMENT OF BRAIN  INJURY, SHE NOTICED THE SILENT DEMEANOR OF ARTHUR AND A BIG GRAY BUMP AT THE BACK OF HIS HEAD. 

PHILIPPINES IN THE 1950'S  TREATMENT OF

Concussions  or traumatic brain injury treatment. are commonly misunderstood injuries that Filipino Doctors are not able to treat expertly. Doctors gave  7  years for Arthur to live. THIS IS WHERE THE FAMILY GAVE HIM LOVE AND  ATTENTION TO SEE HIM AGED UNTIL  73 TO  SEE HIM LIVE MORE THAN TEN TIMES AS THE DOCTORS PREDICTED  7  YEARS TO LIVE  BEFORE. 

AS HE GREW UP  ARTHUR LIKE TO WATCH  TV FOR HOURS AT A TIME,  SPOILED  HIM  WITH  RIDES  IN THE  COUNTRY, EAT  OUT  IN RESTAURANTS    AND PARTIES   HELD  BY  THE FAMILY  AND  OTHERS, NEVER  LEFT  HIM  AT  HOME  ALONE.  FOR SOME  TIME  HE  ATTENDED SCHOOL  AND  HE  ENJOYED  THE  COMPANY  OF  CLASSMATES  WHO  PROTECTED  HIM  IF HE WENT  ASTRAY  OR   OTHER QUESTIONABLE  BEHAVIOUR,    TO  THE CONSTERNATION  OF HIS TEACHERS.  SUCH WAS HIS  DAILY  ROUTINE,  LIKE  A  3  YEAR  OLD  BOY  INSIDE AN  INNOCENT  FULL  BLOWN  MAN.

Almost everyone’s heard of someone “getting their bell rung” or “seeing stars” after a hit. Those phrases might make it seem like concussions aren’t a big deal. And it’s true that concussions aren’t usually life-threatening. But the effects can be serious and last for days, weeks or even longer.
One concussion usually doesn’t cause permanent brain damage. But experiencing multiple concussions over a lifetime can change your brain’s structure or how it works, which can lead to severe complications and increase your risk of developing serious health conditions.
How common are concussions?
Concussions are very common injuries. Experts estimate that between 1 and 3 million people visit the emergency room with a concussion in the U.S. each year.
They’re especially common in young athletes. In fact, concussions account for more than half of ER visits for kids ages 5 to 18 every year in the U.S.

I KNOW ARTHUR IS IN A BETTER PLACE NOW. AT THE END OF ARTHUR'S LIFE I AM THINKING OF  Jesus Christ  WHO began His teaching with eight statements of correlating blessing, instruction, and promise, which have come to be known as the beatitudes. 

AT THE END OF HIS LIFE TWO OF THE BEATITUDES PERTAIN TO ARTHUR

Blessed are the clean in heart,
for they will see God.
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
Like  "the meek" are those who submit to God's authority and make him Lord. Revelation 21:7 says God's children will "inherit all things." 

We might have a different idea of meekness in our culture than in Jesus’ day. 

To be meek is to be gentle, humble, lowly. “The meek are the ‘gentle’… those who do not assert themselves over others in order to further their own agendas in their own strength, but who will nonetheless inherit the earth because they trust in God to direct the outcome of events.” In Arthur's case, his mind can not discern which was right or wrong.  Logic then, in the eyes of God he is clean in heart and did not commit any sin since his mind was pure as a new born baby.

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