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‘Content warning \u2013 this post discusses<\/strong> suicidal feelings<\/strong>.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, I was walking down the street and this gentleman calls out to me. ” Giselle, do you remember me?” I said” Your eyes”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He gleefully answered\u2026” six years ago your volunteer group of eye doctors <\/a>found that I had cataracts. You took me to a clinic and I got treated and was able to see again. <\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Eye<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

What no one know at the time was that I was planning on taking my life by hanging myself. You saved my life”. Of course I got a little teary and pulled on the necklace I was wearing . (It had belonged to my mother). The string broke and tiny blue beads flew all over the street. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This man who once had been nearly blind and contemplated suicide, bent over and picked up ever single bead\u2026even those that I couldn’t see because they were so teeny. He said” the hand of God is so with you. He is showing you this truth as I am able to see, find and pick up these little beads of your Mother.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indeed I saved his life\u2026and\u2026he taught me something I needed to know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

‘Content warning \u2013 this post discusses suicidal feelings.’ Today, I was walking down the street and this gentleman calls out to me. ” Giselle, do you remember me?” I said” Your eyes”. He gleefully answered\u2026” six years ago your volunteer group of eye doctors found that I had cataracts. 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