A Christmas Miracle

It is not very often an individual can claim they experienced a true Christmas miracle. Dave did this Christmas.

If you recall my December 12 entry, The Meaning of the Ornament, I told you the story of Dave's lost box of ornaments. The box contained ornaments dating all the way back to his first Christmas. Interestingly, on December 23rd, the box was found and returned to Dave.

Does this qualify as a true miracle? Maybe not in the sense of life and death, but certainly in the sense of regaining a piece of personal history. I believe another factor that makes this so meaningful, is that Dave is adopted. As an adoptee, there is already an innate sense of missing pieces to your life's puzzle. To lose the pieces you once possessed, it is just a little more difficult to accept.

So as we head toward the start of a new year, we will move forward with the belief that things are exactly as they are supposed to be, and that Christmas miracles are real.