My Christian Testimony
By Christina Mitchell
........ When my mom found out she was pregnant with me she was so excited. .. Both my mom and my dad had wanted to have a little girl. .. My mother was diagnosed with toxcemia/preclamspia. .. Meaning both me and my mom were in serious danger of both dying. .. My mother went into labor 3 weeks before I was due. .. The doctors think though that me being so sick I'd stop developing a couple of weeks before that.

........ My mother went to the local hospital in Sylvester, Georgia. .. The small town hospital didn't have all the technology for my mom's advanced stage of illness so they sent us to Phoebe Northwest in Albany, Georgia. .. My mom then had an emergency caesarian and woke up on a respirator. .. My mom was startled at first she said she was breathing be herself and it was total darkness. .. The nurse told her its okay we are breathing for you. .. Then she feel back into an exhausted sleep.

........ I was taken immediately to a incubator. .. Because I was so sick they didn't know if I would actually live. .. And if by some miracle I did I'd most likely be mentally retarded. .. My mother couldn't see me for three days cause her being so sick. ..And when they tried to feed me with baby milk (my mom's milk wasn't good from all the medicine she was taking) I kept spitting it up.

........ I was in the hospital for 15 days after I was born. .. Mom came and saw me everyday. .. Bringing clothes in case they decided to send me home. .. Finally when Mom forgot to bring clothes I was allowed to go home. .. When I got home I ate and ate and ate. .. When my brother Cliff held me for the first time I throw up all over him. .. My two eldest brothers laughed and laughed and praised me for my actions.

........ When I got to be kindergarten I found out that I had learning disabilities from my birth affects. .. I ended up to having to repeat kindergarten. .. So I would have to stay in the same grade as my younger sister Chelsea who is sixteen months younger than me.

........ As I grew older I found that my dad was different then other dads. .. He made my mom cry. .. And I never wanted to believe he was doing anything wrong cause I was daddy's little girl. .. I found out later on that he is an alcoholic. .. He was mean and had mood swings like woman. .. About that same time I got saved. .. And as the years past we grew apart me and my mother growing closer. .. My little sister taking my former place of Daddy's girl.

........ Finally when my dad was mad that my mom, sister and my favorite football team ( the Florida Gators) Dad got mad and went out in his truck and got drunk. .. He came crawling up to the front door and was drinking. .. He was bloody and past out in his room. .. My mom took Chelsea and I to our brother Cliff's house. .. Mom kicked him out. .. He came back two months later.

........ My father and I don't get along. .. He makes me sad and mad. .. I used to feel unloved but, when I rededicated my life when I was 12. .. Things are still tense between us. .. Every time we fight he blames it always on me because I'm a " hormonal teenager." .. But I never felt more loved than now. .. Maybe not by my earthly father. .. Don't get me wrong I love my father cause he's my father but that's only why. .. I have something better my Heavenly Father. .. The parent who will never leave me. .. So I have a wonderful earthly mom and I have the best dad ever!