Tender Mercies ( Little Miracles)

Well, I'm a big believer in miracles and have blogged before about that. It is important, if you believe in miracles, to recognize them and acknowledge them so here's another post about a little miracle. Annie and her kids came to see us this week. Among other activities we went to the zoo, then to Kidd Valley for burgers (still very good) and then to Gas Works Park. It was a beautiful day and, as you might imagine, I had my camera with me. As is my habit, there were many exposures and then we were back on our way to the car. Before leaving for the car we had gone right down to the edge of Lake Union and taken family pics of the Dittos. On the walk back to the car I found my self perhaps 50 yards ahead of Annie, Maren and Hailey. I "felt" like I should turn and take a few more pictures (why?, there were already so many). I did. When we arrived at the car, Annie noticed that her Italian Glass Pendant she had received from Kelly as an engagement gift was missing off her necklace. We discussed going back to look for it - the park is huge and we had covered much ground. She concluded it was not big deal and we should go. Then she said, "you know there are only a couple possessions I wouldn't want to lose and that is one of them." I got the camera out and reviewed the pictures. We determined the pendant was on during family pictures by the water and off on the walk back to the car (so glad I turned and took a couple more pictures). I said, "give me five minutes," and ran out of the car. Addison followed in close pursuit. On the way I could feel Annie's prayers (or thoughts or whatever she was doing, but she was definitely hoping we could find it). As Addison and I approached the spot of the first picture without the pendant, I said, "just look in the grass and see if you can find it." Essentially no sooner said than done! (You must experience the size of the park to appreciate the magnitude of the miracle.) Addison sprinted back to the car (me - not so much of a sprint) and spread the good news. Notice the size of the park. I just love a good miracle!