I Believe in Miracles and Blessings Both Large and Small

 The most direct approach to this phrase would be to refer to the biblical accounts such as, walking on water, restoring sight to the blind, virgin birth, feeding the five thousand, resurrection, etc.  Perhaps this would lead us down a blind alley.

We could think of a miracle as a totally unexpected event.  This could be both large and small.  Meeting an acquaintance in a foreign country, unexpectedly, while traveling is an example.  We would exclaim, "What a miracle it is to meet you here!"  On another level we observe a friend who had been diagnosed with a terminal disease.  As we observe his/her unexpected return to health, we can claim that seems to be a miracle.

As to blessings, they are also those unexpected moments where we realize that they are unearned, but rather given.  As a couple celebrates their wedding anniversary, they come to realize the blessings that have been bestowed upon them.  These blessings do not simply flow from the laying on of hands from a saint.  They are mysteriously given to us and we can't explain  how they came about. 

Why did that happen?  How did that happen?  We cannot explain it.

"I think miracles exist in part as gifts and in part as clues that there is something beyond the flat world we see."    

Peggy Noonan