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At what point did you think you were going to die but obviously didn't?

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rckt148 · 61-69, M
Well when I was 12 my Mom was beating me to death ,so I crawled under the bed trying to get away from her ,she threw herself in such a way on the bed that the frame broke and all of her weight and the beds was on my chest ,I couldn't breath
When no one heard me screaming anymore my brothers ran and got my Grandpa ,
They kicked the door in and he got her off the bed while my brothers drug me out from under it ,her weight on me made it impossible to breath ,I would have died I am sure had they not came in .
The first time I was as sea in a 41 foot boat and a 40 foot wave was coming at me and it looked like a mountain that just rose up in front of me ,,we were in a hurricane ,,,I was 17 ,I was very scared ,I just knew we were going to die ,but we made it ,that was not my last time facing that one .
I was putting out a fire aboard a yacht ,failed to make sure the fire was not going to re ignite behind me ,,and it did trapping me in the cabin ,my crew saved my butt
Doing a routine boarding and all the sudden they guys grab guns and start firing on us ,,and we were not armed ,,,thank God for bullet proof glass and a water cannon
The first car I rolled and my second heart attack (I did not know I had a first one ,they told me I had when they were doing tests for what turned out to be my second one )
But I was in a life saving service doing search and rescue for over 3 1/2 years
We put out lives in harms way almost every day
You kind of get past being scared all the time after a while ,its just part of the job .
pennynoodles · 56-60, F
Wow, you have had quite the rocky life. ....your mother did not deserve you. @rckt148
rckt148 · 61-69, M
@pennynoodles She made a good parent out of me
I just did the opposite of everything she did .
That beating was a week after my Grandma died ,she is the one who actually raised me ,did her best to teach me all she could ,she was slowly dying most of my life in pain ,so Mom did let me be with her a lot to help her .
But one week after she and her sister both died ,same night ,same hospital ,from totally different things ,1 hour apart (So I was numb ,I just lost my world )
She beats me to make me cry ,,she says I am holding it in and its going to make me sick .
And as she is beating me she says "Mom is gone now ,you are my son ,its high time you figure that out ,,Momma took my baby ,but now I am taking my boy back "
The next year I left home for good
I was married at 16 ,I was in the service by 17 and I only came back to help her and Dad ,,,,3 yrs when Dad was dying ,I took care of her after Dad died until she got his social security and then I went home ,8 months of that (But I had my own motor home I did not live with her ,even during the 3 years I was there for Dad I worked and had my motor home ,I refused to live in her home .
But the last 14 months of her life she needed closer care ,so we moved in the house ,,3 adults and a baby in one little room
As soon as she passed I called the mortgage company (she had put my Dads paid off estate $185.000.00 in debt ,not counting hospital bills )I told them I was leaving the home ,,I could have stayed there the rest of my life and only had to pay the tax's .
But I wanted everyone to know I was only there for my parents ,not anything the buzzards thought she had ,
I went back to my home ,,with peace of mind ,
In spite of how I was raised ,,,I did turn out to be a good son
My kids are forgivers too ,,they say after all I have been through and I forgive
they would feel petty to hold on to stupid stuff
So see ,,she made a good son and Dad out of me in spite of her
But I did love my Mom and Dad ,I miss them both
She had her demons ,,and I have had mine ,,,
She was just one of many tools satan has used to try and kill me or make me blame God ,,God has always had His hand on me ,,and now satan hates I'm not dead
Not only do I work hard to expose him ,,now my kids do too
I know who was trying to kill me ,I also know who would not allow it to happen
pennynoodles · 56-60, F
Whew, that is quite some story, thank you for sharing it with us. I also brought my children up in a completely different way to how I was brought up. Good can come from bad. @rckt148