6. SHOELACES

What else works so well this side of Velcro?

* Actually, I had tennis shoes with Velcro until fourth grade - "Zips." But the sound that they would make embarassed me.
* This simple miracle originally appeard at CWRU in the fall of 2002.

5. PHOTOSYNTHESIS

Coming soon to a tree near you

* When my mom heard that I was starting a blog, she insisted that I had to include this one.
* My old housemate, Matt, visited us in Maryland last weekend and noticed that the tulips were already starting to poke through the ground.
* This simple miracle originally appeared at CWRU in the spring of 2004.

4. WOOL SOCKS

Like pillows on your feet

* My brother got me a pair for Christmas last year, along with a bottle of hot sauce and packs of hot chocolate. My house in Maryland had been so cold during his visit in November, Nick explained, that he thought that I'd need whatever warmth I could get. Many nights, these socks have saved me from frozen toes.

3. REARVIEW MIRRORS

Like eyes in the back of your head

2. WINTER SUNRISES

You don't have to wake up as early to see them.
* How I hated waking up in the dark when I was a student!
* This simple miracle originally appeared at CWRU in the spring of 2004.

1. YOU ARE ALIVE

Life is good. Life is a gift. Celebrate life!
* This simple miracle first appeared at CWRU in the fall of 2002. Every year, we used it as the first. It was the only one that we repeated.