Boldly Unbroken

My junior year of high school I fell for this guy and we dated. I thought I was in love but as it turned out I loved the idea of being in love.  During the summer break between my junior and senior year I found out I was pregnant.    I was only 16. We had already broke up and he was dating someone else. I did not want us to get back together, I just wanted him to acknowledge my pregnancy and step up. He did not.  I was a graduate but did not walk with my graduating class in 1983 from Selma High School. My son was born in January of my graduating year.  Instead, I got my diploma in December of 1982 by taking night classes. It’s an alternative that was offered back then.  Of course I missed out on graduation but I gained so much more insight on life by making the decisions I did.  I had a son. I was a young mother before I was 18 years old. It was not the end of the world for me, it was just the beginning of the path I had chosen for myself and my son. It wasn’t a

I was on the way home from work one day in 2011 in Autauga Co. when I witnessed a tornado on my right which was from Chilton County. That was terrifying in itself. After about 10 miles, that thing bounced around and was literally dead in front of me! It was very wide and I was in the middle of nowhere… nothing around me but cow pastures and cotton fields. I was headed straight into it, at this point.  I had no cell service because of my location. A million thoughts rushed through my mind but I was so terrified I became frozen. I remember the feeling of hair standing up on the back of my neck and chill bumps over taking my body. I slowed my vehicle, extremely and all I could do was pray. Do I leave my vehicle and take a ditch? Do I turn around and try to out run it? Dear God, help me! What do I do? I felt completely helpless and I couldn’t even call my family in case I would never see them again. The wind picked up and all I could see was darkness in front of me as i