ericricklee: In 1998 I was out running at midnight. I'd run up to the entrance ofthe blueridge parkway. It was december and had snowed. The moon was full and it was quite, the kind of quite that snow makes up in the mountains. All i could hear was the river running under the bridge i was standing on. Looking at the pine trees and mountains covered in snow and washed by the moonlight, the smell of pine, it was a perfect moment. I turned for the noise I heard, it was a baseball bat coming at my head. I have memories of the next few minutes but they are dream like. I woke up a hour or so later under the 25' bridge they had thrown me over. I had between 20 and 25 broken bones. I walked out and back to the hotel. The sight of me almost killed my wife. By 2 that afternoon a doctor told my wife i was going to die. This was god's greatest gift to me and i hope to have a chance to share some of the things I've learned. Someone told me god was trying to get my attention. God if you are listening, I'm here and you don't need to do that again. |
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ericricklee: In 1998 I was out running at midnight. I'd run up to the entrance ofthe blueridge parkway. It was december and had snowed. The moon was full and it was quite, the kind of quite that snow makes up in the mountains. All i could hear was the river running under the bridge i was standing on. Looking at the pine trees and mountains covered in snow and washed by the moonlight, the smell of pine, it was a perfect moment. I turned for the noise I heard, it was a baseball bat coming at my head. I have memories of the next few minutes but they are dream like. I woke up a hour or so later under the 25' bridge they had thrown me over. I had between 20 and 25 broken bones. I walked out and back to the hotel. The sight of me almost killed my wife. By 2 that afternoon a doctor told my wife i was going to die. This was god's greatest gift to me and i hope to have a chance to share some of the things I've learned. Someone told me god was trying to get my attention. God if you are listening, I'm here and you don't need to do that again. |
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