Posted on 12/23/2016 1:11:20 PM PST by heterosupremacist
I remember it as if it happened today. There is no logical explanation save God intervened and gave us an unexpected Christmas gift. Our mom had just turned 40 and suddenly was going back and forth to the hospital for two or three days at a time. I had just turned 16 and was more or less oblivious to most everything except Barbara McMahon, who lived around the corner. Every time mom came home she looked worse.
Then came December 18. That was the day Dad, Grandma, Carolyn and I took the subway down to Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan for a simple Sunday visit with the woman who was the wife, mother and daughter in our lives. Christmas was one week away and that visit turned out to be anything but simple.
As we headed to the inter-denominational chapel a priest hurried toward Mom’s room. I have no idea how long we were in that little chapel but I do know we had prayed two rosaries when a nurse came in and asked us to come back to the room. We were a bit shocked because the nurse was smiling.
When we walked into that room we were confronted with a sight to behold. Mom was sitting up in bed, smiling. Dad was next to her with his arm around her shoulder.
He was sporting a grin that spread across his entire face and tears were streaming down his cheeks. Standing on the other side of the bed was the priest we had seen in the hallway. He had his hands clasped together with a look on his face I cannot describe. The moment is etched indelibly in my mind and I can see it as clearly today as I did back then.
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Tear Jerker alert...
Thanks! A miracle definitely to be shared! . . . as well as the miraculous birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Someone’s appointed time to hear the Gospel may very well be at everyone’s Christmas gathering this year. Salvation. . .the best gift ever!
Thank you for sharing.
What a beautiful story......
Thank you, I like true stories like this.
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