A story to tell

Its been almost 4 years since our plane, crash landed in the Hudson River. You may be surprised that we are about to do our first public speaking engagement!!

We have been in newspapers, done a radio program and I have been working with an author to write a book.

Sharing our story this weekend will be such a different experience than if we had done it the day after the plane crash, or if we had done it a year ago, the story would not be the same.

Nothing is the same.

Who I was the day we crashed, shows very little resemblance of who I am today. I don’t think I’m better or worse, just different.

I see the world with eyes that are not candy coated anymore.

People don’t realize that split seconds of trauma can alter your brain, physiology and even your heart. Those quarter seconds when I thought we were going to be drowning dying in the plane altered me. It was not until almost a year after the PC that I realized that it had done so.

What’s trauma for you, may not be traumatic for me, vice versa.

An amazing book I read Trusting God, coupled with prayer from a lay pastor & EMDR helped me deal with the most traumatic and life changing event in my life.

I am not defined by this event...its part of my story. It used to be a huge mountain in front of me, I never thought it would be in my rear view mirror. Today, I glance back and see it, only the peak, not the whole thing.

My story is to point people to God, to power and might. To be a speaker of truth and be a HIStory maker! Not only share the history behind this event but more importantly how HIS story, of love, sovreingty and mercy overshadow the whole event.

The challenge scares me at times, but I want to obey God because glory is a stake.

That day, I was scared beyond words, I thought I might die. God saved me; he gave me strength that I probably never thought I could have. And I can trust he will continue to strengthen me for his purpose and glory!



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