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When Life Gives You Lemons…Chapter Two

Michelle Renee Kidwell
3 min readMar 6, 2024

A Life Changed

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Joshua 1:9

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.

Chapter Two:

I opened my eyes, forgetting where I was for a second, forgetting that I was shot for only a brief second. I was still having a hard time processing what I had gone through.

The nurses came and went, checking my vitals and making sure that I was okay, but it wasn’t until the doctors walked in that I was confronted with a reality I wasn’t ready to face.

My instincts told me that there was something wrong in the parking lot as soon as I entered it. I didn’t have my gun or badge; the gun was locked away in a gun safe, and the badge was hidden in a desk drawer. Even if I had the gun with me, I wouldn’t have been able to draw it, everything happened so fast.

“The bullet did some serious damage, if only it had been a fraction of an inch higher, I might not be speaking with you right now.” I looked at the doctor, who appeared to be in his mid-thirties, wearing scrubs that read Robertson. I swallowed hard knowing that whatever the doctors said to finish that sentence the news was not good.

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Michelle Renee Kidwell
Michelle Renee Kidwell

Written by Michelle Renee Kidwell

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge in the light: Helen Keller http://www.facebook.com/fansofMichellerkidwell

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