Small Miracles

Christmas 2008 Recital

Lately I have been in a blogging rut. This is why keeping a journal is so hard for me but I wanted to share my feelings about last week .

Last Friday we went to the funeral David Allred. He was a good friend of ours. He passed away from cancer. Aside from them being in our ward, We all had a little connection to their family. He was Victors Young men's leader. His son Caden and Emilio have been in the same class the last two years and are friends. His daughter Allison takes dance lessons from me. And Carlos and Dave were friends. Needless to say, we really love their family.

At the funeral his Mom read some things that Dave had written and wanted to have read at his funeral. There was one thing that really struck me. He said he knew how hard everyone prayed and fasted that he would be healed and a miracle would take place. But, he said his biggest fear is that because he wasn't physically healed he was afraid everyone would miss all the small miracles that had occurred.

It made me think about the small miracles in my life that have come and gone. For example, that same night I was in a lot of pain. I had recently done something to my neck and the pain was unbearable and I was about 8 days into it. I called my husband at work. He came home and him and my step brother gave me a priesthood blessing. I woke up the next day with more relief than I had felt in a week. Was it completely gone? No. But better? Yes. I could have written that off as nothing. But what a shame it would be to miss that small miracle.

Its amazing how one person can bring a ward closer, bring families closer and renew your faith in small miracles and a loving Heavenly Father. We will sure miss Dave but we know we will see him again.