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		<title>The Price of a Miracle</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.sophieschoice.org/the-price-of-a-miracle/" title="The Price of a Miracle"></a>A little girl, Tess, went to her bedroom and pulled a glass jelly jar from its hiding place in the closet. She poured the change out on the floor and counted it carefully. Three times, even. The total had to &#8230;<p class="read-more"><a href="http://www.sophieschoice.org/the-price-of-a-miracle/">Read more &#187;</a></p><p><a href="http://www.sophieschoice.org/the-price-of-a-miracle/">The Price of a Miracle</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.sophieschoice.org">Sophie&#039;s Blog</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.sophieschoice.org/the-price-of-a-miracle/" title="The Price of a Miracle"></a><p>A little girl, Tess, went to her bedroom and pulled a glass jelly jar from its hiding place in the closet.  </p>
<p>She poured the change out on the floor and counted it carefully.  Three times, even.  The total had to be exactly perfect.  No chance here for mistakes.  </p>
<p>Carefully placing the coins back in the jar and twisting on the cap, she slipped out the back door and made her way 6 blocks to Rexall&#8217;s Drug Store with the big red Indian Chief sign above the door. </p>
<p>She waited patiently for the pharmacist to give her some attention but he was too busy at this moment.  Tess twisted her feet to make a scuffing noise.  Nothing.  She cleared her throat with the most disgusting sound she could muster.  No good.  Finally she took a quarter from her jar and banged it on the glass counter.  That did it!  </p>
<p>&#8220;And what do YOU want?&#8221; the pharmacist asked in an annoyed tone of voice.  I&#8217;m talking to my brother from Chicago whom I haven&#8217;t seen in ages,&#8221; he said without waiting for a reply to his question. </p>
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&#8220;Well, I want to talk to you about my brother,&#8221; Tess answered back in the same annoyed tone.  &#8220;He&#8217;s really, really sick&#8230; and I want to buy a miracle.&#8221; </p>
<p>&#8221; I beg your pardon?&#8221; said the pharmacist.<br />
&#8221; His name is Andrew and he has something bad growing inside his head and my Daddy says only a miracle can save him now.  So how much does a miracle cost?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;We don&#8217;t sell miracles here, little girl.  I&#8217;m sorry but I can&#8217;t help you,&#8221; the pharmacist said, softening a little. </p>
<p>&#8220;Listen, I have the money to pay for it.  If it isn&#8217;t enough, I will get the rest.  Just tell me how much it costs.&#8221;  </p>
<p>The pharmacist&#8217;s brother was a well-dressed man.  He stooped down and asked the little girl, &#8220;What kind of a miracle does your brother need?&#8221;  </p>
<p>&#8221; I don&#8217;t know,&#8221; Tess replied with her eyes welling up.  I just know he&#8217;s really sick and Mommy says he needs an operation.  But my Daddy can&#8217;t pay for it, so I want to use my money.&#8221;<br />
&#8221; How much do you have?&#8221; asked the man from Chicago.. </p>
<p>&#8220;One dollar and eleven cents,&#8221; Tess answered barely audibly. &#8220;And it&#8217;s all the money I have, but I can get some more if I need to.&#8221; </p>
<p>&#8220;Well, what a coincidence,&#8221; smiled the man. &#8220;A dollar and eleven cents&#8212;the exact price of a miracle for little brothers. &#8221;  </p>
<p>He took her money in one hand and with the other hand he grasped her mitten and said &#8220;Take me to where you live.  I want to see your brother and meet your parents.  Let&#8217;s see if I have the miracle you need.&#8221;  </p>
<p>That well dressed man was Dr. Carlton Armstrong, a surgeon, specializing in neuro-surgery. The operation was completed free of charge and it wasn&#8217;t long until Andrew was home again and doing well. </p>
<p>Mom and Dad were happily talking about the chain of events that had led them to this place. </p>
<p>That surgery, her Mom whispered, &#8220;was a real miracle.&#8221;  I wonder how much it would have cost?&#8221; </p>
<p>Tess smiled.  She knew exactly how much a miracle cost&#8230;one dollar and eleven cents&#8230;.  plus the faith of a little child. </p>
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