Miracles from Heaven by Christy Wilson Beam

Author:Christy Wilson Beam
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Biography & Autobiography / Religious
Publisher: Hachette Books
Published: 2015-04-13T16:00:00+00:00

MY HEART POUNDED WITH the beating of the helicopter blades. Word came down the ladder that Anna was only a foot or two below the grotto opening now, dangling just out of Mike’s reach. Anna hadn’t said a word until they brought her up to that point, but now she was chatting away. Tristan and Mike were talking to her about this and that, and she was being very Anna. Calm and friendly.

“In fact, they said she was being remarkably calm,” Kevin told me later. “Said it was almost eerie.”

With red and amber lights flashing, the Cleburne engine rounded the turnoff and jounced over the field to join the other emergency vehicles. Within a minute, the Briaroaks crew had them up to speed, setting up the taller ladder and rigging the pulley that would bring Anna out into the moonlight.

High in the tree, Mike was talking to her, trying to engage her to see if she seemed coherent.

“Almost home, Anna. You’re almost home.”

“Okay.”

“How are you doing, Annabel? You doing okay?”

“Yes, thank you.”

“Anna, talk to me. Tell me… hey, tell me what you like to watch on TV.”

“I like Disney Channel.”

“Disney Channel, huh? Yeah,” said Mike. “My daughter watches Disney Channel, I think. I think she likes Hannah Montana. You like Hannah Montana?”

“That show was canceled about a year ago,” said Anna.

“Oh. Okay. Hmm. Did you know that, Tristan? That Hannah Montana got canceled?”

“We like H2O: Just Add Water,” Anna said amiably. “It’s about these three girls in Australia, and the thing is that they turn into mermaids when they contact water, and when Abbie and Adelynn and me play H2O in the pool, I’m always Cleo.”

“Ah. I see. Okay. Anna, I need you to be still for just a little longer. Just sit tight and don’t move around. I know it’s been a long time, but we’re waiting for the other ladder to get in place, and then we’ll swing you right out here to me. Can you hang in there just a little longer?”

“Sure.”

He continued to chat her up, but for the most part, she just dangled there like a little Christmas tree ornament on a string until the pulley was finally in place above Mike’s shoulder. From the ground, I watched her rise up out of the grotto and swing forward into his arms, and a sound came out of me that was part cry, part laugh, part psalm, something that meant Annabel and praise God and thank you all at once. There was an audible gasp from the assembled crew and other people who’d been standing there—I don’t even know who all was there, I was so focused on Anna. I think some neighbors saw the lights and drifted over to see what was going on. One of Kevin’s partners followed up to see why Kevin had left the clinic so abruptly, and he ended up staying till the end, keeping an eye on Adelynn and making sure she was safely corralled and out from under the feet of the rescuers.

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