The Changes We Choose, the Ones We Don’t

Michelle Renee Kidwell
2 min readSep 6, 2024

Hannah’s Story Continues

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Summer’s officially coming to an end, and a Swim party is being thrown for the Sunday School Kids, and honestly I am a bit nervous, it has been months since the accident, months since I was released from the hospital, facing a life changed, changes I didn’t have any control over, but I did have a say in how I reacted to those changes, so I chose to not express anger at them.

Although I’m not used to being around so many people, I want to be there for the kids. Swimming isn’t something I am comfortable with yet, but I am working towards that in physical therapy. As for now, I’ll enjoy myself and have fun celebrating the end of the Summer, with the Sunday School Kids and the other teachers.

I am grateful to be here to celebrate the end of another summer. I should have died in that accident, but by the grace of God I am alive and well. Life isn’t without struggles for me, but then again neither is anyone’s. The little things in life still make me happy, even more so now that I have realized how fragile life can be, and how magnificent God’s Grace really is. So I’m going to enjoy The good moments, the fun times, and cling on to the tough times.

Copyright Michelle R Kidwell

September.06.2024

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Michelle Renee Kidwell
Michelle Renee Kidwell

Written by Michelle Renee Kidwell

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I love that you mention how your narrator isn't comfortable with certain aspects of what other people do easily & take for granted. Lots of people don't understand why disabled folks make the decisions they do about what they can do. Each of these decisions is personal 💙 💙 💙

Thanks for sharing your inspirational personal story of faith.

I should have died in that accident, but by the grace of God I am alive and well

Praise God you survived!