The Nursery called ‘Heaven’

"Did you have fun at the nursery today sweetie?" Dave asked his daughter.

"Yes Daddy!" Helena replied with a wide smile and an enlargening of her eyes.

"You know there are angels there, don't you Daddy?" she continued.

"Angels? Really? Well, no my darling I did not know that. You must like being there a lot then, right?"

"Oh Daddy yes! I do very much!" Then she returned to her play with her dolls house.

Dave watched her for a while and smiled as he pondered her words. He wondered where she had got the idea of angels from. Both himself and his wife, Rebecca, were not religeous and never really talked about the notion of Heaven, God and certainly not angels. He resigned his thoughts and came to the conclusion that the nursery staff had probably planted the notion in his daughters mind. The nursery was called 'Heaven' after all. He guessed that the place was probably supported by the church. Rebecca had chosen the nursery and he had never really thought about any religeous undertones associated with the establishment before. He smiled again at the comforting thought of his daughter being in the company of angels. Then he went into the kitchen to make a light lunch for himself and his daughter and thought nothing more of it.

The following evening, when Helena was tucked up in bed and sound asleep, Dave and Rebecca were clearing away the dishes from the evening meal and the conversation he had had with his daughter came to his mind again.

"Helena told me there were angels at the nursery today. Have you heard that?" he asked Rebecca.

"She said what?" Rebecca replied with a puzzled frown and a half smile. "Really?"

"Yes! I asked her if she had fun at nursery and she told me she had and then told me that there were angels there. It made me smile. I've never thought about any religeous aspect about the place before. Did you know that there is a strong religeous ethic with the place?"

"I don't know that there is, darling, to be honest. It was never mentioned when I chose that nursery for her. I liked the name 'Heaven' but that was all. No-one has ever mentioned anything about religeon there that I can recall." Rebecca replied.

"I wonder where she got the idea then." said Dave.

"It could have been from one of her friends," Rebecca replied "There are a lot of children there. Some are bound to have religeous parents."

"I guess so. It's a nice thought though. Don't you think?"

Smiling Rebecca replied "Yes it is darling. A very nice thought indeed."