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I had a car accident in 2015 when I was 25

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‘I had a car accident in 2015 when I was 25. In 2014, my twin girls were born. In 2015, I had twin boys. They were ten weeks old and in special care when the accident happened. The children’s father was threatening me and stuff. This girlfriend of mine said, “Let’s drive round the block in my car and get away.” My kids’ father was chasing us. My friend crashed. 

‘I should be dead, like. I had six broken ribs, a broken back and a head injury. My cheek bone was broken. I had two collapsed lungs and a hole in my aorta. I’ve got a brain injury, so my memory is really bad. I feel like God was giving me the chance to repent and live properly. I know it was.  

‘Jeremiah 29.11 helped me. It says, “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” 

‘When I read this, I feel like there is so much more, a bigger picture that we don’t see. I feel like there is a plan for my life.  

‘It’s easy for us to forget how much God has done for us, but I can see that God was there. When I think about that, I can’t stop crying. When I reflect on it, I know he’s been with me all the time. I am just really grateful to have a second life. He didn’t have to save me. I was a lost person, like. But he gave me a chance.  

‘The girls are six now, the boys are five and the baby is nearly two. I have a life that’s about the future. This verse from the Bible is just embedded in my mind. It’s just there all the time.’ 

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