The Goodness of America
A Season for Miracles
What’s in a name? As Shakespeare once posed the question, the naming of things and people can be irrelevant, but not so for 10-year-old Miracle Moore of Jennings, Missouri, who helped deliver her “miracle” baby sister after her mom went into a fast and premature labor at home.
Jayla Moore was born healthy but three weeks early on October 23, after 30-year-old Viola Fair started the delivery with no time to get to a hospital. Fair’s eldest daughter, Miracle, acted quickly, dialing 911 and telling dispatcher Scott Stranghoener, “Hi, I think my mom is in labor,” as reported by TODAY.com.
Stranghoener stayed on the line with the fourth grader, guiding her through instructions for her mom, which he said she “followed to a T.” The call lasted for 11 minutes, and while waiting for the first responders, Miracle told her mom, “Don’t sit on the toilet,” and “Mama, they said lay on your back in the center of the bed or on the floor.”
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