2017 Texas Miracle Child Introduced

TYLER — Tyler’s Christmas parade is Thursday evening at 6:00. That will be followed by the 31st Annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at the T.B. Butler Fountain Plaza. Lighting the tree will be the 2017 Texas Miracle Child. She is Destiny Miriah Williams, 14, of Tyler. She was introduced Tuesday morning at a news conference at the Rose Garden Center. Shortly after her birth in February 2002, a routine PKU test revealed that Destiny had Sickle Cell Disease. She has learned to manage her condition, although she still suffers problems that require hospitalization at least twice a year. And she may need a hip replacement as a result of complications from the disease. But, as her doctor will tell you, Destiny is committed to her health and her hobbies, and what inspires him “is that she can stick with it all and love life.”