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Yesterday I talked to a man who has a donated heart beating in his chest.
A year ago today a team of medical people took me apart and put me back together again.
The procedure they performed was next to miraculous.
mir?a?cle? /?m?r?k?l/[mir-uh-kuhl] ?noun
1. an effect or extraordinary event in the physical world that surpasses all known human or natural powers and is ascribed to a supernatural cause.
2. such an effect or event manifesting or considered as a work of God.
I am the beneficiary of the intelligence and dedication of a multitude.
I am deeply thankful.