I got to see the new musical adaptation of The Color Purple here in Atlanta this weekend. Reading the program during intermission I noticed that one of the cast members thanked her angels and spirit guides in her bio.

This intrigued me. Growing up with a strong dose of charismatic/Pentecostal Christianity, I know all about angels (and even more about demons). But spirit guides—this was new to me.

So I did the only thing I could do. Upon returning home that night, I took a journey to My Secret Happy Special Place Where No One Else Can Go. It was there that, for the first time, I met my spirit guide.

My spirit guide is a lemon. He sits atop a popsickle stick. He wears a bow tie. And his name is Courtney.