Miracles

I witnessed what I consider to be two miracles tonight. The first happened at the kindergarten program of Boy #1. Just before the program started Stephanie and Christian Nielson walked in and sat two rows ahead of me. The Nielsons were in a plane crash last August in which their instructor was killed. She came away with burns over 80% of her body and he with burns over 40%. They have undergone months of surguries and rehabilitation. For me it was a miracle to see them alive watching their little girl in the kindergarten program.

The second miracle happened as we were walking down a main avenue in town after attending the local gallery stroll. A couple had just been in a gallery with us and left about the same time we did. The guy held the door open for us. We were standing on the south corner of an intersection waiting for a break in the traffic so we could cross the road and the couple was on the north corner waiting to cross. Since they didn't have two small kids with them they found a quick break in the traffic and ran across. I guess the guy dropped his keys in the road and went back to get them. As he was darting back to the sidewalk a car hit him. I was looking the other way and heard a thud and saw the guy crumpled on the road. In an instant he popped up and went to the sidewalk and then lay down again. The police, ambulance, and fire truck responded very quickly and even though the guy was lying down he was talking to them. It is a miracle that he got out of the road after he was hit and that he is going to be okay. Needless to say we walked to the closest light signal and crossed with the light after witnessing that.