Some folks are really scared right now. Deadly, fast-spreading viruses like COVID-19 have that effect. Fear is understandable.
I’ve felt that fear.
When I was 12-years old, my daddy suffered a massive double subarachnoid brain aneurysm hemorrhage while far away at National Guard summer training. He was given three days to live. I was told I’d never see him again.
I was terrified.
On my knees in my grandma’s bedroom, I begged God to save him.
And He did.
Doctors said Dad was the first person in medical history to survive his exact trauma — a miracle, they said. But they warned Dad’s life would be lived in a vegetative state. When he awoke from his coma, they cheered but told us he’d never live a normal life.
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Rebecca Friedrichs is the founder of For Kids & Country, author of Standing Up to Goliath, and a 28-year public school teacher who led the fight against the divisive tactics, politics and corruption of teachers’ unions as lead plaintiff in Friedrichs v CTA. Her U.S. Supreme Court case paved the way for a precedent-setting ruling which freed all public sector employees from forced unionism.
