This IS the miracle!

This may not make sense to you.

It occurred to me tonight that what I have---a husband, kids, a teaching job, a community, friends, and a fairly normal life---is miraculous. This, in and of itself, IS the "happy ending".

For so many of us, "this" isn't enough. We are looking for something else, something major, something significant to give life meaning and to give us something to write about! I am always wondering what it is I'm truly passionate about. It's sort of a wierd obsession of mine actually and it often bothers me that I can't define my passion. I'm always on the look-out for it.

But guess what? This "normal" life, for a girl who has experienced so many things that are anything but normal---this IS pretty exciting. I need to remember that. I need to write about what got me here. There's the story.