MIRACLES IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER.

Throughout history there have been inexplicable, miraculous events that have happened which still amaze us. There are no logical explanations to explain these occurrences. Who could ever forget that when Eve offered Adam a piece of fruit in the Garden of Eden it wasn’t an apple at all. It was a peach since apples hadn’t been invented yet by Motts.

How about the legend of Alexander the Great who was actually named Alexander the Barely Adequate; Delilah didn’t not give Sampson a buzz cut – he lost his strength because he was drunk out of his brains and had failed to do his push-ups for 100 years; how about the young baby who was born wearing bifocals even though his parents both had 20-20 vision.

Another instant of these miraculous, unexplained happenings was reported in Michigan City, Indiana a few weeks ago. An 11-year old boy’s head was run over by a pick-up truck. Talk about a speed bump. Miraculously the boy said, “All I remember about it was that when the truck ran over my head, I could hear my bones crack.” Cameron, a 5th-grader and his 13-year old brother were helping their grandfather chop and load wood. The boys were sitting on the tailgate of their grandfather’s truck when he began backing down his gravel driveway and Cameron either fell or jumped off.

Grandfather said he first thought he ran over a piece of wood until he got out of the truck and saw his grandson lying face down in the gravel. The boy stood up and ran into the house. “He didn’t look too worse for wear. He was just saying he had a headache.” After spotting blood running out of the boy’s ear, Grandpa drove him to the hospital. Cameron was then transferred to another hospital since he didn’t have a Blue Cross card with him. Tests revealed he had a slight hairline skull fracture. He also had road rash on his neck and face, a black-eye and a laceration on his ear canal. His hair was parted with a tire track.

Cameron was release from the hospital suffering a stiff neck and a headache. His mother said the accident showed the dangers of letting children ride on a tailgate. She said it was a “miracle” that Cameron had not been injured worse. “Maybe he has an exceptionally hard head,” she claimed proudly.

However, medical check-ups show that this miraculous event has had more serious consequences. Young Cameron now needs a two week notice to stop giggling. He also needs help in getting his tongue back in his mouth and cannot blink his eyes in unison. It seems the accident had more severe repercussions than previously thought. Cameron can now play Mozart’s 3rd symphony on his comb and tissue paper – and yodels in Urdu all the verses of “A partridge in a pear tree.”

He is the only student at his school who insists on wearing three hats at the same time.