I can remember sitting at my mother's feet and asking her to tell me about miracles that had happen in her lifetime. I loved hearing the many stories, especially from my mother, she is a great story-teller! : )
I was thinking about miracles today because Sammi had her first school field trip. This means she would be traveling away from the school on a bus. I think I am in some ways very similar to Nemo's dad Marlin in regards to field trips - extremely overprotective.
Why? Well, when I was 4 years old I was on my way to a farm for a school field trip. A bunch of kids were sitting in the back of a station wagon without seat-belts (it was not a law yet). All the kids and adults were happy and excited to go on a field trip. We were singing and laughing, then - WHAM! A huge pickup truck did not stop at a stop sign and smashed into the side of our car. I can still remember the glass flying everywhere, and the sound of metal being crushed. I remember lots of screaming and crying, though I think I passed out for awhile while in the car. The next thing I remember is someone holding me outside, looking at me. I remember looking at the other children covered in glass and blood. There was a little black girl covered in blood with glass stuck in her skin. I remember one child had glass in his tongue. Anyhow, then I remember going to the hospital and seeing my mom. Amongst all this chaos and injuries, I was the only on in the whole car who had not been hurt. Not a bump, or bruise or anything - a miracle! Yes, I do believe.
This experience was brought fresh to my mind this morning as I sent Sammi off to school for field trip day. I said a special prayer for her. Then it made me wonder how my mother must have felt getting the call to go to the hospital and that I had been in a bad accident. I cannot imagine. I am sorry mom, to cause you pain!! I am learning to appreciate you more and more each day being a mother. I LOVE you! I know your patriarchal blessing talks about your children being saved from the fiery darts of Satan through your prayers - I sure hope you pray for us daily!!! : )
I love hearing about miracles . . . do you have any miracle stories?
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That's so scary! I'm paranoid about field trips, too. Julia has been on two so far in her school career, and I've gone on both of them! Just a few weeks ago, she had to ride the bus, but parents had to follow behind in their cars. It still made me feel better that I could see that bus the whole time! I consider it a miracle that my childen are protected every day. Whenever there's a close call, I give thanks for that incident and for every other time they've been protected and I just didn't know it!
ReplyDeleteMari-
ReplyDeleteI have a few miracle stories for you.
As everybody well knows, I have diabetes. Well, I have witnessed countless miracles over the course of my life having to do with my diabetes.
One such miracle came when Kam and I first got to Alaska. I had switched the insulin I was taking and the doctor's dose was way too much. A few mornings in a row, I would wake up early and just know my blood sugar was low. It was not just low, but dangerously low.
Up until this point, I had not gone into insulin shock for years. Since high school. Which makes me think of all the miracle times at Snow when I would wake up in the middle of the night and think, "I should check my blood sugar." It would be low and I would eat something and go back to sleep.
But back to the other story, my numbers had been low and one night, I didn't wake up. Kam and I slept on bunk beds and I was on the top bunk. She had a dream where someone came up to her and said, you should check on Mindy. So she woke up and I was in insulin shock. Heavy breathing and unconscious, maybe a little convulsing. She ran and got Tiff (her sister who was in nursing school) and they ran and got the glucagon shot out of the fridge. Tiff administered it and I came back into consciousness.
It truly was a miracle. Since that day I have not had another low that was that bad. I have always awakened and checked and eaten.
And another miracle is Ben. My pregnancy was a miracle and my health throughout it and his continued good health is a miracle. With diabetes almost anything can happen with my body good or bad and with Ben, there is always a big risk for a few things without good blood sugar control.
So there you are--miracles!!
Mindy
Thanks for sharing Mindy. You know I admire you for what you deal with so matter-o-factly. You are awesome. I cannot imagine having something like that - always on your mind. You are strong, made of good sturdy stuff. Thank goodness for the whisperings of the spirit!!
ReplyDeleteLots of love,
Mari
Wow, Mindy, we are so glad that you listen to the Spirit!
ReplyDeleteI think that we would all be really surprised if we knew all the little miracles that are enacted in our behalf every day. I am reminded of President Eyring's conference talk where he wrote down the everyday happenings and later realized all of the times that he had been blessed or looked after. I just think that is awesome!
I have been thinking about miracles in my life ever since I read Mari's post this morning. I have been so blessed!! Our Heavenly Father IS mindful of me and I know that he loves me.
I think that one of the most dramatic miracles in my life is the birth of the twins. When my water broke at 27 weeks, they estimated that they weighed around a pound each. They were so worried about the twins that they life flighted me to the University of Utah Medical Center. They took such amazing care of me and the girls. When the girls were born, Hilary was 3 lbs. 8 oz's and Hannah was 3 lbs. 10 oz's. Even though they were 7 1/2 weeks preemie, they were healthy and only one of them even needed oxygen through that first night. Their little lungs should not have been ready to breathe at that point, but they were. They were very tiny, but whole and healthy. In only just about a month, we were able to take both girls home to our family. We really felt and saw the hand of our Heavenly Father in the whole experience.
I could go on with more miracles, but don't want to monopolize the blog!! :p)
Thank you Mari for posing this question. It is good for us to ponder our blessings and to learn to recognize how blessed we are!!
Lots of love!
Cheryl
Cheryl,
ReplyDeleteNot to mention you had Emily, Levi, Aaron, and Ben to take care of!! Amazing! I am sure your life is filled with miracle stories. It seems like the more children you have - the more opportunities there are for miracles! :-) Thanks for sharing! Loved it!
Love you tons!