turning your life around

I have everything I could ever want or need, I am a very strong Christian, I am a wife and a mom of three children, I have an awesome job of being a doula, My husband manages a bank, my kids have wonderful schools to go to, we’ve never been in debt. It’s hard to believe given that I come from a long line of drug addicts and con artists. My parents had abused and neglected me. When I was ten years old I packed up my belongings in a small suitcase and ran away to the deep dark woods of Colorado. When I got to the woods I found an old abandoned cabin with two bedrooms, one bathroom, a small kitchen, a small living room and a little bathroom. The cabin was brown, it only had two windows in the entire cabin, and it was ancient and tiny. The cabin must have been fifty years old. The wood on the outside of the cabin had termite damage and splinters all over the place, but at that age I didn’t care. I just needed a place to live. I would eat whatever I could find that was edible, such as nonpoisonous berries, birds, fish, and certain kinds of leaves. I remember feeling so lonely in that cabin, but I had no other place to go besides the foster system. I felt that I was too old no one wants to adopt a ten year old. One day something happened that changed my life forever. I found two girls coming towards the cabin the older girl had blonde hair and green eyes, was bone skinny and was very dirty. She was carrying a little girl with black curly hair and blue eyes. She was dirty and bone skinny as well. The older girl’s name was Samantha, She was six years old. The younger girl’s name was Kate and she was one year old and she had Down syndrome. Both girls where covered in bruises. I said to Samantha “what are you doing here?” She replied “Are ...

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... and I come from a long line of prisoners. I do not deserve what God has for me now but “ For God so loved the world that he gave his one in only son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life John three: sixteen.” I never got the chance to tell my biological parents about God. So, every other Friday I go to a women’s prison to share Gods word. I love to share the gift of God because everyone needs him they may not realize it, but it is mega important. If I grew up with a different family situation I would not able be to relate to the kind of people I currently minster to. One thing I don’t think a lot of people realize is that there are kids and teens out there that live on their own not just in other countries because it also happens here in the states. I hope my story inspires you and helps you realize about a somewhat forgotten culture.