Reading Scopes and in correcting a commonly misrepresented piece circulating through the internet and attributed to a dying Erma Bombeck, I found this wonderful small vision:
from A Column Published in 1979
Erma BombeckInstead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy and complaining about the shadow over my feet, I'd have cherished every minute of it and realized the wonderment growing inside me was to be my only chance in life to assist God in a miracle.
Beautiful and true.