Sunshine's life had taken a sudden downward turn. In her mental anguish she attempted suicide. Taking a gun, a cooler full of beer and swallowing a whole bottle of pills, she set out on a drive with no intention of returning. Then God made himself known to her in a strange and miraculous intervention. Unexpectedly, a new day dawned for Sunshine and she now lives to make Christ known to others.
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Sunshine's New Day
Even though my parents never went to church, nor prayed or read the Bible in my presence, they made me go to a Baptist church every Sunday. Their motto was "do as I say and not as I do."From Baptist to Atheist
So as not to make the Sunday School teacher miss her quota, at some young age I was baptized. I considered myself "saved" and a member of the Baptist faith until the age of 16. At this time my aunt and my cousin were killed in a freak car accident. I saw them dead in the car. I prayed to God to save them, but He didn't. So I decided that night I wouldn't believe in such a heartless God. I called myself an atheist from then on.Becoming Suicidal
I got married to someone with similar beliefs. For most of the time during our 19 years of our marriage I was relatively happy, until I went through a total hysterectomy and then entered menopause. I suffered mentally for a couple of years during which time my husband didn't know what to do with me. When my husband started having an affair, I went to church out of desperation, but still I became suicidal.I had been on various anti-depressants for about six months. I couldn't work and couldn't handle losing my husband. One day while on medication and drinking alcohol, I was left home alone while everyone was gone to a family function. I wasn't invited. I decided it was time to end it all.
I broke the glass on the gun cabinet and grabbed a pistol and two bullets. I don't remember doing this at the time, but my bloody right hand verified it, and the fact that I had a gun. In my right mind I had never liked guns and had never had anything to do with them.
I do remember driving to the Lake and getting lost. I was drinking and had taken a whole bottle of pills. I thought they were Xanax, but I found out later they were my thyroid pills. Eventually I ended up on the highway outside of Dallas. I pulled into a rest area because I was dizzy. There I fell asleep. I don't know how long I slept, but I was awakened by policemen shining their flashlights in my face. They made me get out of car. I was belligerent and wore a t-shirt that said "PMS." Under that it read, "Putting up with Men's Sh*t."
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