MYTURN: The best present of all; Mother's great recovery seems to be a miracle

WE celebrated my mother's 83rd birthday on Friday with food,friends, family, laughter and gifts.

The greatest gift was the presence of the guest of honor. Earlierthis year we wondered if she would be with us for another birthday.

From Oct. 28, 2001, to Jan. 13, 2002, she was hospitalized asdoctors ran tests and came up with a wide array of possiblediagnoses. I won't go into all of these. I kept extensive notes andjust reading them makes me dizzy.

She was sent home under the care of Hospice, a magnificent team ofpeople I will forever love. They all seemed to fall in love with Mom.

Recently, Mom was released from Hospice and her doctor gave her agood bill …