Annie was an ordinary person, but one of the worlds great humanitarians. She was special. She had a gift. She loved everybody, and was willing to share her time with them whenever needed. In a sense one would have thought she was a true Christian. Not even close! She had all the Christian traits, but didn't believe in God.
She could have been called one of Gods great servants, and that's probably why, when on June 19th, 2008, when she was given four weeks to live with a deadly blood cancer--multiple myeloma, God took favor with her. From that day on, her 4 weeks turned into 30 months. She suffered from a collapsed spine, bi-lateral broken femurs, and her right hip broke off. That was 3 weeks after diagnosis. Throughout the 30 months God was always beside her, protecting her from the darkside. I was told on many occasions she was dying. It wasn't that she wouldn't die, she couldn't die. God wasn't ready for her. God was working his miracles, and with his grace and love, allowed Annie to find her salvation.
Imagine, you have no immune system, your inflicted with swine flu, double deep lobe pneumonia, and sepus (blood poisoning. Your dying. You can't breathe, so your put on the ventilator, essentially no hope of surving. But 12 days later, your wheeled out of the hospital with a smile on your face. Doctors said a normal healthy person would have had great difficulty surviving that event. Annie had God on her side, no other explanation can be found. Annie defied all logic and odds so many times.
Twice I was asked to put her on hospice, and critized for saying no! I too was putting my faith in God, he never once let us down. Annie illness was almost testbook perfect, for what has became, gods plan for annie why she had to die. This story must be shared. It isn't just about God, it's about caregivng, loving, more chaos and tragedy than one can imagine It's a real insight on the lengths one will go to care for a loved one. Beautiful love story, with laughter and tears!
If you have a loved-one fighting cancer, this book provides the insight needed to care for your loved-one. It reads like a diary, well documented, and very helpful when in such a helpless situation. Above all, remember God loves atheists too, and if they will just open their heart, and receive his hand, even in their dying days, God will grant them eternal life. That can't be a bad thing!
Over the last six months Annie's cancer came back. Read for yourself, some of our most intimate conversations, as well as watch how clearly Gods grace and love takes over Annie's life. It was special! In my mind I lost a national treasure, but knowing that she truely is in a better place, and I will see her again someday is very comforting to me. Annie died peacefully at her home on Nov 2nd,2010. We didn't use hospice. We didn't have to! God guided us all the way! True Story! All names in the book are original, all places are real!
I believe there is a message in the book for everyone. Seek it out and you will find it! It will help you! God bless you!
I wrote the book out of love for my beautiful wife Annie. I wrote while dealing with a heavy burden of grief. I was fighting for survival. Annie's story is so uniquely different from most. Annie was an atheist! But, believed heavily in the spirit world and was an incredibly wonderful person. People just seemed to be drawn to her. However, in the second month of her battle, she was touched by an angel. Our lives changed in a way that was quite simply breathtaking. We began living in "Christs love," which is called the perfect love, and very rare on this earth. We became as one. I walk the reader through her 30 month journey and beyond. In places the book reads like a diary. I'm sure storie's like Annie's exist, but I haven't seen one or ever heard of one documented in such detail over such a long period. I even let the reader in on our most intimate of conversations until the end. I want the book to touch as many hearts as possible, and let them meet my beautiful wife. It's a tough story to read! So much pain, chaos, mixed with an abundance of love, and laughter.
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