Support Terri's Journey to Recovery and New life!!

My name is Terri. I am a mother of 4 beautiful amazing children who need their Mom. On October 12,2024 the same days my twins turned 8! I was out early in the morning doing a grocery order for an app to try to make as much money as possible considering our financial situation has been very bad for quite some time now. I was on a mission to hustle and work hard before my kids woke up so we could celebrate a birthday together without worrying about what we were going to do that day with limited funds. Something that became too normal in our lives the last 2 years.

I recently landed a good job with great pay the week before this tragic accident. I was determined as always to provide for my kids and self and still found other opportunities to make money so the day I went and decided to deliver groceries unfortunately my life changed out of no where!

I woke up in a hospital bed out in the middle of no where I was familiar with being told I just was struck by a semi-truck doing 50mph. I didn’t know if I was dreaming or not but I kept telling the nurses “My son, tell my son who’s watching his little brother I’m here”’the first thought that came to mind was my kids.

They are always the first and most important priority above myself. When I was able to finally wake up and realize this wasn’t a dream I had discovered I had a shattered pelvis, broken ribs, a collapsed lung and a blood transfusion. I was scheduled for an emergency surgery in the morning to reconstruct my pelvis. I was told I could no longer use my legs to walk and would have to teach myself down the road how to walk again.

I then understood that my life was about to completely change and if it wasn’t already in shambles in my eyes I felt hopeless, depressed, scared and confused. Then I saw the picture of my vehicle from the accident and the only area struck was literally me. The front, passenger, and back of my car wasn’t affected. Only the driver side, windows shattered, airbag went off, my car was literally CRUSHED.

I woke up to life and realized this was NO ACCIDENT. This was a blessing and a miracle and I was SAVED by an angel. I cried for days in the hospital bed questioning God and wondering why he loved me so much to save me. I told him I was not worthy enough for his love and mercy. But he knew that I was suffering on the inside. I was slowly killing myself everyday trying to provide for my kids and make sure the bills are paid and foods on the table and everyone is safe and happy. Taking care of everyone else but me, always in a hurry feeling all this pressure impatiently rushing around hating the life I was given, thinking when do I get a break?? I’ve been struggling since I was born. Coming from a dysfunctional, chaotic , traumatic childhood into adulthood where I thought I could make my kids lives better because I was in control now and I was determined for them to have better than I ever experienced.

So God decided it was time for change, time to slow down, time to change myself starting with my heart and the way I look at myself and the way I view life. I was hit by a semi truck and I was forced to not have the ability to walk again for 6-12 weeks due to reconstructive surgery on my pelvis.

I was not even bothered by the fact I can no longer bear weight to my feet and I now have to live life in a wheelchair and I can’t work or run all around and “control “ things. I had no control over this because HE was in control now and I was so overwhelmed with the fact I had new life I decided to trust HIM.

If he was able to save me and show me by me surving such a traumatic experience, I woke from the hospital bed with some injuries due to my seatbelt, but I had NOT ONE scratch, bruise, trauma, cut NOTHING to my face, arms, legs, hands, feet. There was no way possible I should be alive!!

Now I sit and do the thing in life I’ve always struggled so hard with which is asking for help. He has humbled me to do so because I have no other way now to provide for my kids while I sit in a wheelchair for 6-8 weeks and wait for the healing of my new pelvis then learn to walk again 4 weeks after healing. So here I am, asking in faith and trusting HIS way to please help my family and I while we transition to a completely new way of living and patiently wait for the healing of my injury until I’m able to walk and work again. I have no idea what to do, or what will happen but all I know is I trust the Lord today and I believe that he will always provide and we are going to be ok no matter what. God can take you from the depths of hopelessness and despair and pull you out and change your life in the most crazy, unexpected ways !!

But he will also bless you and show you no matter what he’s always there as long as you believe. Thank you for listening to my testimony and I hope that I was able to give hope to anyone feeling lost today. Life isn’t easy, with more God, love, and compassion we can make it better together.

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