If You're Looking For a Sign

by Anthony Farrington

There shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations...the sea and the waves roaring.
—Luke 21:25

There are three miracles in this story.

I had been teaching high school for several months—catching up on bills, organizing lectures, and gaining some semblance of order—when my ex-wife met us in front of my house on a Friday afternoon. (It was technically her weekend to have the children, so I wasn't completely surprised.) Jenny kissed my daughter and helped her out of her car seat. She kissed my son outside the car, and then—in passing, on elegant tiptoe—she kissed me sweetly on the cheek.

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