Memoirs of my life

Many of you do not know, but a year ago, today, Oct 30, 2019, could have been my last day on this earth, but God is great, and God was there!

I was driving home on a dark, stormy night, no visibility.  Driving along and I felt something hit my car, did not realize immediately that a tree had fallen on my car. When I stopped my car, I looked down at my chest, since it appeared I was pinned to my seat, and there was a branch of 3-4 inches in diameter that had come through my windshield and impaled the left side of my chest (found out later went all the way back to my scapula).  I looked at this protruding from within me, said "God, this does not look good, please make it the best you can".  I know God was there, I had not passed out, I was alert enough to realize I needed to call 911.  Could not find my phone, and in the area I was in, the phone never worked anyway, but I continued to reach around and did locate it, another miracle. It had fallen to the floor by my feet. I was pinned to the seat, could not reach it, and yet, somehow, my arm became like rubber and stretched down and got my phone. 

At this point, sure some of you are saying, no, she made this up... but this is the truth and I know that night I had a guardian Angel with me, and my faith was strong, and now is even stronger. 

I managed to contact 911 and in the meantime, a very nice young man had pulled over and stood outside of my door and talked to me until they got there, he was not part of the call, just a stranger who stopped in the night and kept me calm and was a blessing. 

When the ambulance arrived, I remember speaking with them until one of them came into my car on the passenger side holding this large rectangle looking saw and stated they had to cut the branch to get me out of my car- well, I do not remember anything from that moment until I awoke in the back of the ambulance on the way to Rome,  GA. 

There are angels among us-this is one time when I know that if it were not for God, angels and faith; I would not be writing this today. 

I arrived at the hospital, limb sticking out of my chest, this is how Craig seen me when he got there, I left out some of the humor that happened in between, like telling him a "stick was stuck in me", he had no idea; guess I was telling the ambulance driver to slow down, telling Craig that the driver was driving like Mario Andretti; and was told that I offered to keep the branch in me and decorate it for Christmas, after stating I should have picked something different as a Halloween outfit... guess the things we say when we may be in shock-
but the true shock for me came a couple of days later, after 2 surgeries and my surgeon looked at me and said "God is not through with you yet" ... those words echo in my mind to this day.

A year later - I thank God for every day, every moment - I was given a second chance, the doctor stated it was a miracle I walked away. I had many who helped during my healing, my biggest thanks and could not have done without him, is my husband, Craig; he stayed by my side, missed gigs, had to personally help me with many things I was used to doing on my own.  Carol, Susan, and Annette  making me soups and getting high protein drinks to help with my healing.  Thank you to Ceefor and our music family who did a fundraiser in Nashville to help with some of our expenses. My family for making Thanksgiving dinner when I could not. The list goes on, I am so blessed-God, family & friends!

Life is a journey, and adventure! Do not let anyone or anything stop you from grabbing onto life and taking a chance, step out on faith, trust that God will open those doors for you if you are following your heart and living the life that God planned for you. God does not put it on a piece of paper and hand it to us, but believe me, when you figure out God's plan for you, things start to fall into place! At that time, do not ask questions, just hang on and enjoy the ride! You will be happy you did!

A year later! Seems at times like a lifetime, and at times like it was yesterday.... thank you all who have in one way or another, supported myself and/or Craig, who have been there for our family and friends when we could not be,  we are blessed to say there are way too many to even tag in a post... and thank you if you took the time to read this and have a blessed day! We love all of you, and without family & friends, nothing is simple. God bless each of you!