A year later and a second chance of life

It was the 2nd week of July on a Thursday we were all ready to head out to spend a long weekend with our family. I remember waking up that morning feeling like something was coming on but I thought it was just a cold so I kept quiet not wanting to ruin our weekend. We packed up the car and left for the weekend. 

We arrived at my grandmas house hours later ate some dinner and spent the entire night catching up on life telling stories and laughing as we always do. We finally went to bed in our happy place.

Friday came and more family arrived to get the party started again. We ate, we talked, we laughed and we just had a great time together as a family. I was unusually tired but still just thought it was lack of sleep and a cold was coming on and kept quiet about it. I didn't hang in there as long as the rest of them and went to bed.

The next day the plan was to meet at my cousins new restaurant for dinner that night. I still wasn't feeling good but pushed through not wanting to miss out on time with our family. I always enjoy getting together with everyone and didn't want to miss it. I forced myself to get ready and off we went to dinner.

We arrived at the restaurant ordered our food and by the time it got there which was not long I was struggling with shortness of breath. I ate what I could when our food arrived but I started coughing so bad we ended up leaving to get checked out at Urgent Care before our drive back home the next day. Our Urgent Care trip lead to a week in ICU for Sepsis.

I believe God does not take us one second before our purpose is fulfilled on this earth. I may not know what my purpose is but I know my purpose is not fulfilled and God is not done with me yet. A year ago life was different for me but I thank God I am alive today. God gave me another chance at life. My promise is that I will not take it for granted.