Alex is weeping now as she remembers Angela's sixth birthday when Walker surprised her with her very own horse.
Flashback- Walker ranch, 7:00 a.m. –Angela's sixth birthday
Walker enters Angela's room and smiles as he watches his little Angel sleep, it was hard to believe that she was six years old today and he could not wait to show her the colt he had got her. All she talked about was how she wanted a horse of her own and she could already ride by herself if either he or Alex rode by her on their horse. Walker waited a few more minutes before he woke her up
"Happy birthday sweetie."
Angela opened her eyes and looked up and smiled really looking like an angel
"Good morning daddy"
"Morning princess, you have a special surprise waiting for you so come on."
Walker laughed as she jumped up and ran downstairs only to practically run into Alex, holding three year old Matthew, who had to laugh as she watched her excited daughter.
"Good morning, happy birthday Angel"
"Good morning Momma"
"Your surprise is outside so find some shoes"
Angela has some trouble finding her shoes so she puts on her slippers and Walker carries her to the barn when she sees the colt standing there for her Angela is all excited. Walker takes her over and places her on the horse and leads it out to the corral and Angela soon brings the horse to gallop and does not want to go inside to get dressed.
Alex is now sobbing as she continues her prayer
"Tell
me God, do you remember the wishes that she made,
As she blew out
the candles on her last birthday cake?
She loves to ride her pony
now that she's big enough
She wants to marry her Daddy when she's
all grown up.
Well, it must be kind of crowded,
On the
streets of Heaven.
So tell me: what do you need her for?
Don't
you know one day she'll be your little girl forever?
But right now
I need her so much more.
She's much too young to be on her own:
Barely just turned seven.
So who will hold her hand when she
crosses the streets of Heaven?"
A/N: I changed a line in the song to fit the story, I know the way the song goes is "…She wants to ride a pony when she's big enough…" but I thought that most likely Angela would have been riding horses for a while before she turned seven.
