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I almost died when I was 9 months old in 1986 and I’ve always been told God saved me and preformed a miracle and brought me back from the brink of death. My parents have always been grateful that I don’t remember it but they do and my brothers and the rest of my family have told me their experiences over the years. My mother hasn't really told me too many details because of the pain they dealt with during those weeks but she just told me the doctors said “she will just go to sleep and she will not wake up” as a mother all these years later I can’t even imagine the pain that those words brought her. As a child growing up at church from as young as I was told “God saved me.” “I was one of God’s miracles.” My Grandfather built a church called Chapelwood and I grew up in that church. When I was so sick and in the hospital the church members came together and prayed and prayed for me as the doctors performed surgery and tests on me. The days turned into weeks but Chapelwood never gave up on us. They prayed for me and my family constantly and finally the doctors figured out that I had a bleeding ulcer. A bleeding ulcer at 9 months old is unheard of. Even the doctors called it a miracle. I learned of God’s miracles growing up in church. Giving sight to the blind, turning water into wine and making the lame to walk. In the back of my mind I always thought that if I was saved by God through a medical miracle then I must have been sent here by God for a reason. God blessed me with voice. I’ve always loved to sing but over the years it’s grown into a blessing all its own. I’ve gone through my own trials over the years but I’ve always felt so blessed to be where I am. I met a good man and we’ve been blessed with our beautiful daughters and one angel that’s watches and waits for me in heaven. I was almost in a car accident one day a few years ago and I know a guardian angel urged me to move one day and saved me from being hit from truck barreling down the highway. I like to thinks that was Maggie watching out for her mama. I’ve been blessed to always grow up with good Christian parents and to have been protected by my loved ones. I’ve always tried my best to take in my friends who didn’t have that and bring them to God or at least show them what’s God’s love can bring. I want my family to be example of what God’s love can do for you. We’ve learned as a family over the years that everyone has not been as blessed as we have been but I try to show an example of love and acceptance so that others will see the love of God in our family.