Miracles

I've hesitated to post this because of the personal nature of this story. I do feel it important to share with others that God's love is around us and that miracles still do happen.

I have thought of how life is so precious and how we never know what might happen today, tomorrow or next week. We shouldn't live our lives in fear of what 'might' happen or what 'could' happen, rather we should live our lives. We must live and love and not let the little things get in our way.

Yesterday morning I received a phone call from my mother. My mom is usually the bearer of bad news when she calls either a) early on a Sunday morning, or b) starts off her conversation with, "Have you heard from anyone?". Usually her bad news is to tell me that someone I knew when I lived in Utah has died or is dying. I dread the day when she will call to tell me that her Dad, my grandfather, has died (he is 94). Yesterday her news was bad yet worthy of rejoicing at the same time.

My Sister, her husband and their 3 children were riding 4-wheelers Saturday when tragedy struck. My sister watched as her husband and their kids went off a raveen while on their 4-wheeler. Apparantly, my nephew who is 4, bumped the throttle and my brother-in-law lost control of the 4-wheeler causing it to jump off the raveen and then roll. Miraculously the 3 children were not hurt. They received bumps, bruises, and scrapes, but not even one broken bone. My brother-in-law was not so lucky. He broke his collar bone, 2 vertebrae and received numerous lacerations on his face and body. However, he never lost consciousness and was able to climb to the top of the raveen with the children. Through many other miracles including passersby who stopped to help, he was eventually air lifted to a nearby hospital.

I spoke with my sister on the phone this morning. She lives in Utah, I in South Dakota. She commented on how she has thought numerous times since the accident that she could be planning more than one funeral right now and/or dealing with the prospect of a paralyzed husband. It is truly miraculous that no one was injured more than they were. God be thanked!