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October-December, 2023

I Am Entitled to Miracles

by Rev. Dani Wells, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

I had been estranged from my family for many years. They were dishonest, manipulative, lazy, and would do anything to avoid an honest day’s work. They embarrassed me, so as soon as I got out on my own, had my own life and my own little girl, I changed my name and disowned all of them! I was finished with being lied to, lied about, and pulled into all of their collective neurosis!

Everything was fine until my daughter, Sophia, became old enough to start asking questions, such as: “Do I have a grandma and grandpa? Do I have aunts and uncles and cousins?”

My response was always the same: “You are better off not knowing them. They’re a bunch of losers and I don’t want them anywhere near you!”

This tactic worked for about five minutes, due to the fact that Sophia was relentless, not unlike someone else I know! She began to check on Facebook. I even changed the spelling of their names to throw her off. I threatened that if she dared to bring those people back into my life that I would change my name, relocate, and she would never see me again!

Did this work? Ha! She succeeded in finding a young woman who had been married to my brother Toby, who gave Sophia ample info to locate the others. Shortly after, Sophia called me, saying she had a surprise for me. I like surprises so I said, “When do I get to see it?” She replied, “Mom, your brother Toby wants to talk to you! He said you were his guardian Angel when he was growing up! I’ve talked to everyone Mom, and they all say such great things about you! You left a hole in their hearts, and they love you!”

Okay! That’s her side of the story! So I said, “You obviously haven’t spoken to my mother yet, who delighted in making my life miserable!” Sophia said, ”Mom, I spoke to her today and she cried. She’s the one who told me that their lives have never been the same, and that you took the sunshine when you left. She loves you Mom!”

“Wait a minute! Hold everything! You must have talked to someone else’s mom! My mother delighted in saying that there should be retroactive birth control, and that I should have never seen the light of day! I wanna see a picture of this woman, because it can’t possibly be my mother!”

So Sophia texted me a picture of my mom, and sure enough! It was her! But why all of a sudden would she say kind things about me? She always told me I was a mistake!

Then Sophia said softly, “Mom, your mother, my grandmother, has dementia and she’s in a home, and she only remembers that when you left, a cloud settled over the family. They’ve never been the same!”

Hmm! How could this be? Could someone pass the Kleenex? I felt very ashamed for my tirade. I took several deep breaths, and called my mother. I braced myself, hoping that I wasn’t being set up, and when she answered, I cautiously said, “mom”?

She said, “OMG! Is this Dani? It sounds like my Dani!” Feeling a bit more courageous, I said, “Yes mom, it’s me.” She burst into tears, and so did I.

She said, “I’ve been praying all these years to God to bring you back. How are you? Tell me everything! Was it my fault you left? Did I do something wrong?”

I said, “You were the best mom ever! You could never be anything but perfect in every way, and I love you so much!”

“Let miracles replace all grievances!” (W-pI.78)

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