Christmas Miracles

With it being Christmas Eve, it's gotten hard to find time to write. Today there was a story I wanted to share. I am going to mention something which will give away a little bit of the story from The Notebook. So, if you are worried, then skip this entry :)

I was watching the movie "The Notebook" a few days ago. While I was watching the movie I also had the great privilege to talk to Abby over IM during the whole thing. Since she was at work I gave her the blow by blow. I yelled at times when the girlfriend was stupid or when I thought the movie wouldn't go the way I wanted. We talked about the sad, crying moments.

Anyway, one character in the movie has Alzheimer's. A man goes to her each day and tells her the story, the one the movie is all about. It helps bring a life to her.

At the end of the movie this woman does move on from this world into the next. Before she went she looked at the man with her and had all of her memories and senses back. She knew everything, remembered the story, recognized her visitor and understood everything about her own life.

The two had a good conversation and lay down together in bed, holding hands. Both went to sleep, together and happy until the woman passed away sometime in the night.

When I talked to Abby about it she said that this is actually something that does occur in real life. That before people die some really do gain back some of the senses which they lost later in life.

Abby shared with me that she was with her grandmother when she passed away. This woman had lost most of her hearing years before. But in the brief moments before she passed away Abby was able to talk to her without hearing aides. She'd gotten back her hearing as though she had never lost it.

Now, I have no idea if there's some medical term for it. I can't possibly think of a medical reason for it to happen, other than a pump of adrenaline. In any case it sounds like the body knows that the time to be with God has come. It's time to gain back those senses which were lost in this world and move into that heavenly place.

I can't think of any real explanation besides that it is a miracle. It is a gift given to us by God, that we should see this world with the senses of a teenager and the knowledge that a full life brings.

So, this Christmas Eve, know there really are miracles out there. God (however you see him) works every moment in this world. I can't think of a better story to keep in my mind as I head off to sleep of the eve of this miraculous day.

Peace,
+Tom/Bob

posted by Tom at 9:43 PM