Tree falls, narrowly misses statue of Virgin Mary. It's a MIRACLE!!

[Cartoonist]

4. He missed!

When I was eight and my brother was three, I was sitting with my mom on our front stairs. My brother was on his tricycle on the sidewalk. We had a very large tree at the time.

Without any warning, one of its largest branches fell down. It landed narrowly missing my brother. He was in the V section of the branch when it fell.

My mother, a devout Catholic, never referred to it as a miracle. My brother and I are both atheists. I have five brothers, and he's my best friend. I can't imagine how different my life would have been without him.

The idea that incidents like this are miracles is absurd. That God would use his omnipotence to spare a statue is doubly ridiculous.