The miracle of being alive is an awareness Christy Bragg reached after going through a divorce and discovering that she has Parkinson's disease. She felt her life collapsing around her and didn't want to feel the feelings of loss and grief that overwhelmed her. Through the loving kindness of people around her she learned the importance of feeling her feelings, all of them, and letting them go, and she learned to look for the flowers in her life. Most importantly, she learned self acceptance and self love and that, "One can find hope in the smallest of places."