IN THE YEAR OF 2000 AND THE MONTH OF JUNE I WAS STRICKEN WITH A BRAIN ANERYSYM. THEY WANTED TO FLY ME FROM SALISBURY,MD ON THE EASTERN SHORE TO THE WESTERN SHORE ACROSS THE BAY BRIDGE. IT WAS STORMING AND LIGHTENING AND THUNDERING. I WAS ABLE TO TELL THE PARAMEDICS AND DOCTORS NOT TO FLY ME IN THIS STORM IN A HELICOPTER. THEY TRANSPORTED ME TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MD HOSPITAL IN BALTIMORE, MD. THE EASTERN SHORE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE ONE OF THE BEST BRAIN SURGEONS AROUND THE WORLD. HE SAID HE COULDN'T HANDLE MY SITUATION. I RODE IN AN AMBULANCE TO THE WESTERN SHORE. I HAD 4 OPERATIONS THAT WERE PERFORMED BY 12 DOCTORS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. THEY BROUGHT ME OUT OF THIS BRAIN SURGERY WITH FLYING COLORS. THEY SAID I WAS A "MIRACLE".....IT WAS NOTHING OR NOBODY BUT GOD THAT BROUGHT ME AND THEM THROUGH THESE SURGERIES. I WAS OUT OF THE HOSPITAL IN 2 WEEKS TIME WITH NO COMPLICATIONS BUT A TREMOR OF MY HEAD THAT SHAKES BACK AND FORTH WITHOUT MY SOMETIME KNOWING THAT IT IS HAPPENING. BEFORE I LEFT THE HOSPITAL I VISITED EVERY PATIENT THAT WAS ON MY FLOOR THAT HAD THE SAME CONDITION AS ME. SOME COULDN'T FEED THEMSELVES, CLOTHE THEMSELVES, WALK,TALK AND SOME WERE BLINDED FOR LIFE. I KNOW THAT IT WAS GOD THAT BROUGHT ME OUT OF THIS EPISODE IN MY LIFE. I HONOR AND PRAISE HIM TO THE MOST. I MIGHT SLIP SOMETIMES BUT I KNOW TO STAND BACK UP AND STAND FOR MY FATHER GOD ALMIGHTY. HE HAS WORK FOR ME TO DO IN MY LIFE. HE BLESSED ME AND STILL IS BLESSING ME EVEN THOUGH I MIGHT NOT BE WORTHY OF IT. I LOVE HIM WITH ALL OF MY HEART AND I WILL PRAISE HIM UNTIL THE DAY HE CALLS ME TO SEE WHAT MY END WILL BE IN MY LIFE....."HALLELLUAH IS THE HIGHEST PRAISE"