MIRACLE or WHAT!
 

My wife lost her much loved and only sister to lung cancer just a couple of weeks ago - too early at just 68-years of age. She was interred at exactly 2.50pm on Monday, 1st of March. At the get-together for family and friends afterwards, my daughter switched on her phone only to receive a message telling her that her own daughter (our granddaughter) had given birth to a baby girl at precisely 2.50pm that day. Although extremely personal to my family and those left behind, I am happy to share it with Accy Webbers as I am inclined to look upon it some sort of miracle, or indeed as some sort of divine coincidence, but all in all a comfort to us all in the wake of our sad loss.

Your observations are welcome.

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Thats lovely i hope your new addition brings you some comfort in difficult times, its not easy as i know from personal experience, all the best:)

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owt that helps folk through the crap,is a good result in my book, as i'm sure it is wi you.;)

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Blunt and precisely to the point. Much appreciated. Thanks, Cashy

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That's a very heart warming story Stumped, sadness then joy, one of the better things in life when that happens, thanks for sharing it with use

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Very nice story Stumped, just a shame your sister in law could not have seen the new addition to the family. Hope everything is well with Mother and baby :)

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It certainly is strange; and happenings like this should not always be put down to coincidence. In the words of Shakespeare:

Horatio: "O day and night, but this is wondrous strange.

Hamlet: And therfore as a stranger give it welcome.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in [our] philosophy." (Hamlet I., v., 164-167.)


And from Job: "The Lord gives and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord."

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when were you ordained Eric?;)

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Well somebody gave him the spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch routine back in 63 and he's been like that ever since:rolleyes:

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Maybe next year:D ... I've been interested in Job and the Faust legend ever since I read an analysis of it by a friend of mine, the late Fr. Bob Ogle, S.J. MP. Still, when one gets up in years, one tends to muse a little about the fast-approaching inevitable.

And the Shakespeare thingy: I was ordained with my Ph. D. in '93, though I was never much of a Shakespeare scholar.:eek:

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This baby was sent to alleviate some of the grief.......and who can say whether these two souls met...one coming in, as the other went home.

I hope the new baby has a long and happy life, and that she can take the sting out of the sorrow.

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Maybe the old Dali Lama has got it right after all ? :) And it's good to hear about something decent with so much upset in the World.

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What a lovely story:)

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As one door closes another opens. Sorry for your loss xx. Congratulations on the birth of your great granddaughter xx.

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Seen this happen before, one in and one out, it's mystifying but comforting in a way. RIP to your sister in law and best wishes to the new born. x