Miracles

Today a coworker told us that her cousin's 1 year old died because he drowned in their pool. What a horrible tragedy. I can only imagine what that must feel like, although I came very close to knowing exactly what it feels like. When my sister was 8 months old, she crawled out the back door of my grandmother's house and into the deep end of the pool. The doctors told my parents that Sierra had a 50/50 chance to live, and that if she did live she would almost certainly have severe brain damage. They told my parents that they should say their goodbyes in case she didn't survive the night. My dad and his brother gave her a priesthood blessing and left her fate in the Lord's hands, trusting that whatever happened was His plan. Sierra just turned 20 and is completely normal.
We read about miracles in the scriptures and have come to associate them with things like healing the blind, raising the dead, or a little girl survivng a drowning with no lasting effects. But what about the miracles that surround us everyday? In comparison to the overtly miraculous they might seem silly, but they're what keep us going when times are hard. You resolve to pay full price for a fabulous shirt only to realize its actually on clearance, you hear your favorite song on the radio just when you were thinking about how much you wanted to hear it, you get all green lights when you're running late, or a friend calls or texts at exactly the right time.
The little things might not mean the difference between life and death, but they're still important. "You are the piece of the puzzle of someone else's life. You may never know where you fit, but others are constantly filling holes in their lives with pieces of you" - author unknown. A little note, a random text, a message on facebook, a comment on a blog... we never know when something we do or say is going to touch someone else's life and be exactly what they needed to lift their spirit or help them get through a trial. Each of us is someone's miracle.