A Small Miracle

"Miracles happen to those who believe in them" by Bernard Berenson.  That was my high school senior quote and I have thought about that quote many times since i picked it out.  I thought long and hard about what i wanted to put in the yearbook.  I wanted something that when i looked back 5, 10, 15, 20, 50 years, it would still have meaning in my life.  Billy Joel's "This is the Time to Remember" was a popular quote and although i knew i would miss my time in high school, i also had enough wisdom to know that it was only 4 years of my life.  Plus, in my time in high school, i had gone through a lot more than the average teenager and knew it was my faith that got me through it.  So I wanted to honor that.  I am still happy with my choice and although i like that Billy Joel song, I couldn't remember half of the people's names at my 10 year high school reunion.  


I believe in Miracles.  I always have.  I believe that sometimes they are big and sometimes they are so small that you don't even realize what it was until after it happened. I believe some Miracles have a perfectly good explanation as to how they happened, while others are nothing short of a mystery. Either way, i fully believe they are God's little way of letting us know He is not far away.  


Tonight after dinner, Allen left for a meeting at Church, Noah was coming up with every reason why he shouldn't go to bed, and Chewy was running around like a crazy puppy!  I went upstairs with Noah and we were saying our prayers on his bed like we do every night.  And just like every night, we pray for Archbishop Donoghue.  After we finished praying, Noah asked me if i still missed Archbishop.  I got tears in my eyes as i told Noah i did.   Noah, then gave me a HUGE bear hug and we said good night.  I went back downstairs and after a few minutes I noticed I had a missed call on my phone.  I checked to see who called, hoping it was Allen saying he was on his way home but instead I stopped dead in my tracks and couldn't breathe.  The missed call was from Archbishop!!!  Well, his old number anyway.  No, I haven't deleted his number from my phone because I love the picture of him I have attached to that number.  But there it was, a missed call from his number with his picture right there on my phone with his big goofy smile from one of our lunch dates.  Shocked and confused, i called the number back thinking maybe the diocese gave his phone to an employee or something.  I got the operator and she said "this number is unreachable"..not disconnected but UNREACHABLE!  UM,  WHAT????     That, my friends, is a miracle!  I have no idea how it happened, nor do i care.  All i know is that I am thankful it DID happen.  It doesn't make any sense, and I am okay with that.  But tonight, a small miracle happened to someone who believes in them!