Let me say something about that word: miracle. For too long it's been used to characterize things or events that, though pleasant, are entirely normal. Peeping chicks at Easter time, spring generally, a clear sunrise after an overcast week--a miracle, people say, as if they've been educated from greeting cards.
Leif EngerGood advice is a wise man's friend, of course; but sometimes it just flies on past, and all you can do is wave.
Leif Enger