Praying For "Miracle Babies"

Here are two bittersweet stories in the aftermath of last year's tsunami. First, a sterilized woman who mysteriously conceived a child after losing her kids to the waves.

Valli lost both her children to the tsunami last year. Unlike some women in the area who sought to reverse their sterilization, Valli did not, but she conceived early this year and gave birth this month to Shanthanalaxmi -- the goddess who brings peace and comfort.

"It is a miracle! Aftundergoing tubectomy, she had had normal relations with her husband and did not conceive for five years. But two weeks after the tsunami, the tubectomy failed by itself, and she became pregnant," said Sister Ranjini Ramadoss, a midwife who took care of Valli.

"The baby is a miracle gift from the God. ... It is still a mystery how the tubectomy failed two weeks after the tsunami ... we were ruing the 1999 tubectomy after losing our all children to the tsunami. Then the God has sent us this surprise gift," said Valli's husband.

And second, a couple who lost their children to the tsunami but have adopted multiple orphans who lost their parents. A nice triumph over adversity story to end the year.