A true story. Colleen Kelly Alexander's story. An amazing story of survival and coming through a horrific event with a stronger faith. Colleen was run over by a truck as she was riding her bike home from work. The driver never stopped and never cared that he hit her. That was the hardest, most difficult aspect for her to deal with - the fact he looked right at her, hit her anyways and never stopped. She should have died that day but didn't and her story is an amazing story. I was impressed with her sense of humor. She tells a harrowing tale and yet I found myself laughing as I was reading it. I am a breast cancer survivor and I can relate to using humor to face the tough. I found humor even in the ickiness of drains, gauze, and bandages. Colleen did too. She faced depression but she was able to climb out of the despair and choose gratitude. A friend has a blog about choosing joy because it is not so much the difficulties you face but how you face them that matters. A person can choose to be defeated by all that life throws at them or they can choose to rise above it all. A person can choose to be grateful and can choose joy even when facing the toughest of circumstance. I truly recommend this book. It is an amazing story. And certainly one that will help put things in perspective. It is hard to be down about any daily situation when reading about someone that has faced so much worse.
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