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A SURPRISE
MIRACLE
This year we have been blessed with an abundance of
rain. The trees and the grasses are
still green in early September, almost tropical like Hawaii. This is very unusual weather for Oklahoma,
especially after a couple of years of drought.
I enjoy walking outside for ten minutes every morning
before going indoors to work. I like to
contemplate the Morning Glory flowers that I planted which are blooming more
and more beautifully each day behind our Lady of Grace. The flowers are
climbing graciously on the trellis of the flower bed. They remind me of the smile of a teacher and
friend, Mary Cobb, whom I miss since she passed away last year. She had lived a beautiful life as a wife, a
mother, a teacher, and a friend. When
she retired she volunteered at the Parish of St. Monica Catholic Church. She was very kind to the priests and to the
sisters. Her enthusiasm gave me
spiritual energy, love of life, and trust in the Lord. There was something very unique and special
about her presence. Her beautiful smile
expressed a deep faith in spite of the hardship of battling recurring cancer
which she had to endure over many years.
Recently, while cleaning the cabinet shelves in the plant
room, I found a surprise - an envelope with a note from her written on the
front and hibiscus seeds inside that she had given me many years before she
died. I had planted a few of the seeds
before, but nothing came up. Her note
said, “Inside are seeds for hibiscus plants that are perennial to
Oklahoma. My mother had them in her
garden (seeds from a neighbor friend) and after she died I collected some seeds
and now have my own plants to share the seeds.”
This note gave me the encouragement to try again. “Why not”, I thought. So I walked down to the lath-house and chose
two pots - one big and one small. In the
small pot I planted some pineapple seeds and some hibiscus seeds. In the big pot I planted the rest of the
hibiscus seeds. I then made a Sign of
the Cross and said this prayer to Mary Cobb, “These are your seeds, make them
sprout”. After a few weeks not a single
seed germinated in the big pot, but there was a sprout in the small pot. I thought it was the pineapple, but the
strange baby leaves were round. As it
got taller and bigger the leaves proved to be a hibiscus. I was so happy and felt it was a surprise
miracle.
The hibiscus flower was as big as a dinner plate like the
ones that used to amaze from my neighbors where I grew up. I was
always fascinated by the super size flowers and now I cannot believe I have one
growing. I am so excited and cannot wait
to see the hibiscus flowers bloom. I
will take some pictures of it and send it, along with a handmade Angel card, to
her family.
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