LIFE
Last year
for me was like no other. I brought in
the New Year (2018) with the excitement of welcoming my 5th
grandchild into the world. Plans were
already in place to travel to Europe and spend a few days with the new parents and
the precious newborn. However, on the
day of my departure, my new bundle of joy still had not come. As it turned out, he was waiting for his
Nannie before making his grand entrance!
Not more than 2 hours after my arrival, his mother and entourage headed
to the hospital for the delivery. She
had been in labor all day and didn’t realize it. Within 5 hours, she gave birth to a healthy
baby and I served as a labor coach who witnessed his delivery!!! What a
blessing…totally unexpected… but a memory I will always cherish. Conversely, when my first grandchild was
born, almost seventeen years earlier, I knew in advance that I would witness
the birth. However, after waiting in the
hospital for a couple of hours under the chilly air conditioning, I left to get
a jacket, and by the time I returned, the baby had been born. 
I’m so
thankful to have been blessed with 5 wonderful
grandchildren and this part of my life is so rewarding…being a grandparent is
one of the greatest experiences one could ever have. The time spent with my newest grandchild
quickly came to an end and I arrived back at BWI around 4am. About an hour later, I was on the road headed
home, happy to have beaten the morning rush hour. I turned on some music and made a call a
friend to let them know I had arrived safely.
That is when I noticed flames shooting up from the hood of my car…all
this while I was driving about 60mph on 83!!!!
I immediately went into survival mode, pulled over to the shoulder,
removed my seatbelt while grabbing my purse.
When I went to unlock the door, nothing happened…the locks didn’t
work. I tried again and again to no
avail. I kicked the windows on the front,
driver and passenger sides several times.
That’s when smoke began to fill the car.
Honestly, I thought it was the end.
I yelled out JESUS and took a deep breath. In my mind, I wanted my last words to be of
Him. One last time I tried the lock
switch…definitely in panic mode, I kicked the door then tried the handle one
last time and to my relief, the door popped opened. PRAISE GOD !!!!
There was
a couple in a car on the shoulder of the road behind me. The man yelled for me to get away from my car
and come into his. As soon as I got in the back seat, my car exploded!!! My
angels explained that they had been following me for several miles. They noticed flames coming from the bottom of
the car and knew I was in trouble. The
warmth of the flames gave me an eerie feeling.
I was in shock. The brightness of the flames revealed agonized looks of
bystanders who thought someone was in the car and surely expired from the
explosion. I was safe, I was in shock
but most of all I was so thankful to GOD for sparing my life. My grandson would get to know his grandmother
after all and God had granted me more time on this earth.
That was
January 2018 and towards the later months, I was diagnosed with lung
cancer. This was very shocking to me
because I hadn’t really experienced any symptoms. Everything happened so fast. Between Election Day and Christmas: I was diagnosed, tested and scanned more
times than I can remember and then finally right before Christmas, I underwent
a 6 hr surgery to remove part of my lung.
Again, God blessed me and allowed me to walk out of the hospital 2 days
later. No chemo or radiation is needed thus far as my doctor thinks he caught
it in time. You see I have the Big G
(GOD) to take care of the little c. Over
the past 3 months, I have had plenty of time to think about all of these events.
And one thing that is so abundantly clear, is that Life is So Very Precious… and
there are no guarantees. We should not
take it for granted for except by God’s grace can it be taken away. There’s no
time for hatred, pettiness, unforgivness, strife, toxic people, or anything
that can depleteor destroy the beauty and quality of the life God has given
us. No matter how you feel or what you
are going through, your life is a gift…appreciate it. Give your problems and troubles over to GOD…He
can and will help you. Forgive others
and always be thankful for what you have.
Be mindful that no matter how bad you think things are, there is always
someone worse off than you. The more you
focus on GOD and helping others, the smaller your problems will seem.
Until next time... Saturday 3/23 !!! Thanks for your time and input. All comments are welcome! Please spread the word. I love you but GOD loves you best.
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