DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES
On the day she was born…her Nana scooped her in her arms
and pointed to a rainbow stretched across the sky of blue
“Do you believe in miracles my little angel?” She asked.
“I do…and someday you will too.”
She was too young to know what her Nana was talking about…
too young on that day…to perceive….
too young to understand miracles…too young, yet, to believe…
On the nights of her first Christmas, Easter, birthday…and many nights after
her Nana scooped her in her arms
she talked about family…described all the things that love can do…
then asked, “Do you believe in miracles my little angel?
“I do and someday you will too.”
Even when she grew too big to scoop up in her arms
Nana would hug her…oh, the tales of miracles she would weave….
and somewhere along the way wrapped in the arms of her Nana
she started to believe.
After years of listening to her Nana…
and all the stories of miracles she would share
not only did she believe in miracles…
like her Nana…she began to see them everywhere…
On her wedding day…her Nana put her arms around her
“I couldn’t be happier,’ she said…for this day…and for you
Then whispered, “Do you believe in miracles my little angel?”
“I do!” Her granddaughter smiled then whispered, “because of you…I do!”
On the night her great granddaughter was born…
now Great Nana scooped her in her arms…
brought her to the window pointed to the moon, the stars, and all the planets too…
then asked, “Do you believe in miracles my little angel?”
“I do and someday you will too.”
Then she gently placed this little miracle into the arms of another miracle…
happy she will be in her life with tales of miracles to weave…
and as the two miracles slept before her….she smiled…
confident that…one day…when it comes to miracles…
this new little angel will believe.
Copyright © Jim Yerman | Year Posted 2025
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