I had a student that was born in prison. Her mother was there for killing the girls dad. Her grandparents raised her. Her grandpa had died earlier that summer. A lady at her church had told her to stop taking her ADD meds because only bad kids take those meds. She could not sit in her chair for more than 30 seconds before getting up.

Make no mistake, there are many parents that bring their children down and do a great disservice to their children. Many parents abandon their children on a daily basis. They are called in for a meeting to try to help change the child’s behavior fo keeping their hands to themselves. In the meeting in front of the principal and me they say they are going to Beat thier F*in A** when they get home. Hence the root of the problem is exposed to us. In you world I guess you do not see these things.

I appreciate your insights. It’s nice to have a place to learn about various perspectives. And I do intend to stick to parenting, not miraculous stories, here:)

Think of the millions of things that go missing every day by the billions of people on this planet. If even 0.0001% of those lost things are recovered that would be thousands of ‘miracles’. Of course you’re all going to remember the times when you recovered something, but think about all the times you did not. Was it because God decided that you shouldn’t have it?

I found a wallet at an airport a few years ago. God didn’t direct me to hand it in, it wasn’t a Christian thing to do, it was the RIGHT thing to do by somebody who has morals. I hope the recipient didn’t call it a miracle. My wife lost a 1 carat diamond earring once, and after an hour’s frantic searching, found it on the steps of a bar where we had gone to lunch earlier. I estimated a hundred people must have walked by it. God? No, luck.

This is a wonderful site about parenting, Ellen. You have some fantastic insights, but I credited you with more intelligence than thinking that God decided nobody should see the envelope and decide to open it. It’s luck, nothing more!

Keep up the good parenting advice – I’ll be continuing my subscription.

On Monday I wanted to get something from my bag, so turned it out on my bed. As I re-packed it I suddenly found I was holding the wallet! It had been in my bag all the time. I then realized that I must have accidentally picked it up instead of my camera which was lying right next to it on the kitchen counter. They are almost exactly the same size and color.

While we were searching I noticed my camera still lying on the counter, and picked it up, annoyed with myself, thinking, ” I’m certain I put that in my bag earlier!” but I never thought to check what it was I had actually put in. Just thought I was getting old! Over the weekend I prayed that somehow the situation could be reversed. WHEN I FOUND THE WALLET IT WAS NOT MUCH HELP, BECAUSE NOW ALL THE CARDS ETC HAD BEEN BLOCKED. MY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW PHONED THE BANK, AMAZINGLY, BECAUSE IT WAS OVER THE WEEKEND, THE CARDS HAD ONLY BEEN HELD, AND THEY COULD JUST BE RESTORED TO MY SON FOR USE.

Panic over! What a relief, and all praise to Jesus!

I have to wonder – why on earth would you have so much cash in an envelope in the first place?

Life is full of both troubles and happiness; it’s lovely to point out the wonder of life and celebrate the miracles!

But, God huh?

I guess last year when my wife had her purse stolen out of her car, and all of the subsequent headaches that came from that was God punishing her.

We should try to be better persons I guess….

I saved the dirty, creased envelope as a reminder for the future.

Thank you for all your comments; they mean a lot.

I actually sent this story to my editor, and she told me (for a change!) that my grammar was fine, but that she did not understand why I would want to post the story on a parenting site! Thus, I’m doubly glad that you understand and appreciate the inspiration of this miracle- which will ultimately help us to be better parents!!!