I believe in miracles(奇迹)because I've seen so many of them．One day, a patient was referred to me who was one hundred and two years old．" There's a 　　1　　 in my upper jaw, " she said．"I told my own dentist it' s nothing, but he 　　2　　 I come to see you．"

　　Her eighty-year-old son accompanied her．He would 　　3　　 to add something ,but she stopped him．She wanted to tell everything herself．I found a large cancer that spread over most of the 　　4　　 of her mouth．A careful examination later 　　5　　 that it was a particularly bad sort of cancer．

　　During her next appointment, I explained to her the 　　6　　 of the problem．She clasped my hand in hers and said, “I know you’re worried about me, but I’m just 　　7　　”

　　I thought otherwise．After considerable 　　8　　 on my part, and kindness on her part because she wanted to 　　9　　 me, she agreed to have me refer her to a cancer surgeon．She saw him, but as I expected, 　　10　　 treatment．

　　About six months later she returned to my office, still energetic and 　　11　　．

　　“How are you?” I asked．

　　"I'm just fine, honey," she responded 　　12　　 high spirits．"When can I get started on fixing my dentures(假牙)?"

　　Surprised to see her at all, I answered 　　13　　, " Let me take a look in your mouth and we'll see about it．"

　　I couldn't believe my eyes．The cancer that had 　　14　　 nearly the entire roof of her mouth was gone－only one small area of redness 　　15　　．

　　I had read of such things happening ,but had 　　16　　 seen them with my own eyes．That was my first miracle．Since then I’ve seen many others, because they keep getting 　　17　　 to see．In fact, miracles are daily events for me now．And people are all miracles, 　　18　　 through them we have a chance to know ourselves and to 　　19　　 the miracles of one another．

　　Since my first miracle, I’ve come to understand that the time and place for a miracle is 　　20　　 we choose to find it．