Character Analysis: The Miraculous Survival Of Don
The Miraculous Survival of Don
On March 4, 1944, Grace woke up in the middle of the night. She instinctively knew that her son Don had been injured. Grace woke up Bert and together they knelt in prayer on behalfof their oldest son. It would be days until the official telegraph came from the Army telling them of Don’s injuries.
Interestingly enough, Bert and Grace received news of Don’s inury through Priesthood channels before the official government telegram arrived. Marshall Britton was a chaplain in the Army and Marshall’s wife lived in Morgan. When Marshall saw an injured boy from Devil’s Slide come into the hospital, he wrote his wife about visiting Don and kept her up to date with his condition and his progress. Mrs. Britton in turn passed the news on to the Dickson Family.
In 2011 at Don’s funeral, Evan Black, his Bishop and neurologist, spoke of exactly how remarkable Don’s survival was: …show more content…
There are only 7% of people who survive an injury like that. Most of those are disabled for the remainder of their life. Don’s life in itself is a miracle. A miracle and tribute to his honoring the Priesthood.”
Second Corinthians 12:7 states, ‘And lest I should be exalted above the measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh...’ and Don dealt with that throne thoughout his life and yet continued to give in so many ways and continued to share his life with so many others. He placed himself third, placing God first, Myra second and then himself. And he was honest with himself. And while he taught his family to learn to understand and to question in the scientific method, he also taught to never
On March 4, 1944, Grace woke up in the middle of the night. She instinctively knew that her son Don had been injured. Grace woke up Bert and together they knelt in prayer on behalfof their oldest son. It would be days until the official telegraph came from the Army telling them of Don’s injuries.
Interestingly enough, Bert and Grace received news of Don’s inury through Priesthood channels before the official government telegram arrived. Marshall Britton was a chaplain in the Army and Marshall’s wife lived in Morgan. When Marshall saw an injured boy from Devil’s Slide come into the hospital, he wrote his wife about visiting Don and kept her up to date with his condition and his progress. Mrs. Britton in turn passed the news on to the Dickson Family.
In 2011 at Don’s funeral, Evan Black, his Bishop and neurologist, spoke of exactly how remarkable Don’s survival was: …show more content…
There are only 7% of people who survive an injury like that. Most of those are disabled for the remainder of their life. Don’s life in itself is a miracle. A miracle and tribute to his honoring the Priesthood.”
Second Corinthians 12:7 states, ‘And lest I should be exalted above the measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh...’ and Don dealt with that throne thoughout his life and yet continued to give in so many ways and continued to share his life with so many others. He placed himself third, placing God first, Myra second and then himself. And he was honest with himself. And while he taught his family to learn to understand and to question in the scientific method, he also taught to never