No matter how you feel about angels, Chelsea Banton's story will give you hope. In 2008, 14-year-old Chelsea was dying due to pneumonia. Things were dire, and as her mother, Colleen Banton, took her off life support, it seemed the child had reached her end.
Chelsea, from Charlotte, NC, was born five weeks premature and had developmental disabilities as well as other health issues that exacerbated the effects of the pneumonia.
The saddened mother took Chelsea off life support, and soon after she saw an angelic apparition — what the mother believes is a guardian angel. Colleen wasn't the only one to see: Hospital staff confirmed streaks of light visible on security footage.
“This was an image of an angel,” she says.
Colleen didn't know if this angel was going to save her daughter or take her somewhere else. Then it happened, Chelsea began to recover. After two months in recovery, she was finally able to come home.
"It's a miracle. I am learning not to take things for granted," Colleen says tearfully. "This will be a special birthday, who knows it could be her last, but she has come this far, I am not giving up now."
That was in 2008, and thankfully, Colleen was wrong. Chelsea's 15th was not her last. She lived seven more years. Still taken from the world too young, she was able to live seven more years than expected, seven more years she was able to spend with her family who knew to never take a single moment with her for granted.
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