TOUCH BY AN ANGEL

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GERALD MCRANEY JOE PACAOREK
THIS WAS A EPISODE THAT REALLY TOUCH A NERVE ESPECIALLY FOR PARENTS MAY OF WHOM WERE DISTURBED BY THE IDEA OF LOSING A CHILD AND THEN COMING FACE TO FACE WITH THE KILLER IT WAS DEEPLY EMOTIONAL ROLE TO PLAY BUT THE SENSTIVE SUBJECT MATTER WAS PRESENTED SO BELIEVEABLY AND THE OUTCOME WAS VERY UPLIFTING I'M NOT SURE THERE IS ANOTHER SHOW THAT WOULD HAVE DEALT WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS LET ALONE NEARLY AS WELL WHEN CBS CAME CALLING WITH THE PILOT OF PROMISE LAND I WAS EAGEER TO WORK AGAIN WITH THE TALENTED AND INSPIRED PRODUCTION TAM THAT BRINGS AMERICA TOUCH BY AN ANGEL



MARCIA STRASSMANN LISA PACHOREK

I'M A PARENT AND A PARENT'S WORST NIGHTMARE IS THAT SOMETHING BAD WILL HAPPEN TO HER CHILD LISA WAS READY TO FORGIVE THIS MAN BUT I WASN'T SURE THAT AS A PARENT I EVER COULD THE THOUGHT OF GIVING BIRTH TO FIVE CHILDREN AND HAVING THEM WIPED OUT IN A INSTANT I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF INNER STENGTH IT WOULD TAKE TO FORGIVE THEIR KILLER BUT IN THE STORY GOD'S PLAN WAS THIS MAN SHOULD LIVE THERE WAS A REASON FOR HIM TO BE ON THE PLANET IT WAS A BATTLE OF WILLS BETWEEN GOD AND MORALS I LOVE THIS SHOW IT'S NICE NOT TO HAVE TO WONDER WHAT YOU OR YOUR CHILDREN ARE WATCHING I DON'T WANNT TO BE ASSAULTED AT NIGHT IN MY OWN HOME THE MORALS ARE GREAT AND IT'S NICE TO SEE A POSTIVE SPIN PUT ON GOD THAT ISN'T SAPPY

A VIEWER FROM WISCONSIN

I HAVE BEEN SUFFERING FROM SECERE DEPRESSION FOR OVER TWO YEARS NO DRUGS OR OTHER TREATMENTS HAVE HELPED GRADUALLY I HAD BEGUN TO ACCEPT THE CONSRQUNCES OF MY CHOICE TO END MY LIFE THAT ALL CHANGED AFTER I WATCHED TOUCH BY AN ANGEL LAST SATURDAY NIGHT DURING THE EPISODE THE YOUNG MAN WAS DONATING HIS ORGANS BUT THE DOCTOR'S FAMILY WAS KILLED BY THE RECEPIENT SO THE SURGEON DIDN'T WANT THE PROCEDURED INITALLY I BROKE DOWN WHEN I HEARD THE WORDS TAKE WHAT YOU NEED AND CARRY ON IT REAFFIRMED I THOUGHT MY DETERINATION TO END MY LIFE IN A MANNER THAT WOULD FOR THE TRANSPLANT OF MY ORGANS TO OTHERS IN NEED THE MOST POWERFUL WORDS CAME TO ME WHEN MONICA WAS TALKING TO THE DOCTOR AND SAID SOMETHING LIKE YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO PLAY GOD ONLY GOD CAN DECIDE WHEN IT'S TIME FOR SOME ONE TO DIE THOSE WORDS CUT RIGHT INTO MY SOUL I FELT AS MONCIA WAS REALLY TALKING TO ME IT DRASTICALLY CAHNGE MY PERSPECTIVE AND AFTER SEVERAL SESSIONS WITH MY THERAPIST AND PSYCHIATRIST I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY THREE YEARS I HAVE NO THOUGHT OR FELLING OF COMMITING SIUCIDE I KNOW HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO THROUGHT THERAPY BUT FOR SOME WEIRD REASON I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO ACCEPT OR UNDERSTAND I FEEL LIKE I WAS TOUCH BY AN ANGEL THIS IS STRANGE BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN AN ATHEIST FOR MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS YET I BELIEVE THERE WAS A GUARDIAN ANGEL MUST HAVE BEEN LOOKING DOWN ON ME THAT NIGHT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS MIRACLE