Approximately eight and a half years ago, God blessed my husband and I with beautiful twin daughters. I shouldn't say just "beautiful twin daughters," but with the first set of living twins within both of our families. I have an aunt who had two sets of twins and at birth, both sets died. My husband's oldest brother is a twin and the sibling died not long after birth. So at this time, we both knew we were pretty special if God had selected us to be parents of beautiful twin girls, which was also playmates for our two-year old daughter.

During this time, my husband and I were going through some trying times in our relationship. We had just re-dedicated our lives back to the Lord and began to walk along side His word. Because of the much-needed finances, I also had to go back to work and all three of our daughters were placed in childcare.

As I settled into my new employment opportunity, I was stunned by a phone call from the daycare telling me that one of my twin daughters was rushed to the hospital with a seizure. I was also informed that the owner performed CPR on my daughter because she had stopped breathing during the process and if this was not administered, she would have died!

At this time, my husband was in a training located in another state. He would come back and forth on the weekends to spend time with the girls and me. I immediately contacted the training unit and left a message for him to call me as soon as possible. I also called my brother and asked him to pick up my other daughters from the childcare facility. Then I rushed to the hospital to find that our daughter had been diagnosed with shaken baby syndrome. I was speechless and numb.

So like anyone else, I asked myself, "Why me God?" I wondered if this was a punishment for what I had failed to do as a wife and mother? Help me understand. But at the same time, I also knew God was carrying me, because I maintained composure through the entire process and trusted that God's word would sustain me when I needed it the most.

After hearing the news of the shaken baby syndrome from one of the doctors, I was rushed to speak with Child Protective Services. Before I could get through speaking with them, my brother called saying CPS was at his home wanting to take my other daughters. He handed the phone to CPS and they informed me that I was negligent and they had to take my daughters and place them in foster care until this case was resolved. I was amazed, because I knew I had done nothing; but at the same time, my hands were tied. I asked them if my brother could keep my daughters and they allowed this request. I explained to my brother what I needed him to do and they agreed. My brother and his wife signed papers stating they would take care of my daughters temporarily and then told me as soon as I could get away, I needed to come to their house. I was being pulled in so many directions, that my head was spinning. After speaking with CPS, I was not allowed to receive any more reports concerning my baby girl and was informed that she would be transferred to a medical facility that could handle her medical situation. I got the address to the hospital and immediately went to my brother's home to check on my other children. Thankfully, my brother and my mother-in-law cared for our two other daughters through this ordeal.

After leaving my brother's home, I rushed to the other hospital, which was eighty miles away. Once arriving, the doctor showed me cat scans from the shaken baby syndrome and informed me that it looked like she was shaken at least two times more in the past. There was swelling and hemorrhaging taking place, leaving fluid surrounding the brain. I was flabbergasted to say the least. The doctor also said that when she came out of the coma, she would have some kind of disability which could include, but not be limited to educational and language development, gross motor skills impairment, and retardation.

After a few hours, my husband arrived. He was just as amazed as I was and we both began to question our actions and looked at this situation as a punishment for things we have done in the past. But once getting over this "pity party," we decided to put our armor of God on and move forward.

My husband called our pastor. He encouraged my husband to lay hands on our daughter and to pray over her. He did this immediately. He began to pray for a complete recovery for our daughter. He asked God to heal her according to His will for her life and to give us the strength to deal with the outcome as long as it lined up with His will for our family. Within twenty-four hours, our daughter came out of the comatose state. She slowly began moving and responding. All of the doctors who had seen our daughter was amazed because of what they had told us and placed in the reports were not lining up with what they were seeing. We realized that God had performed a miracle with our little girl. She remained in the hospital for an additional week. The hospital staff did not understand how I could be so calm through the entire situation. The peace that passes all understanding was guiding me. I know it was nothing but God. He gave me the calmness I needed to focus on the matter at hand which was to work along side my husband to get all of our children back.

Upon her release from the hospital, my daughter joined her other sisters at my mother-in-law's. I was blessed to have permission from CPS to live with my daughters at my in-laws, but I had to be supervised by them because I was a suspect. I looked at this as favor from God. I volunteered to take a lie detector test and the results came back positive in my favor. My husband and I hired a lawyer to speed up the process and to gain full custody of our daughters. As we met with the lawyer, we remembered we placed our daughters in childcare for approximately two and a half months. Immediately it occurred to us and deep down we knew the incident occurred at this place. We requested for the childcare provider who oversaw the twins to take the lie detector test. She did and she also passed. Then we requested that the owner take the test but the police said they could not spend tax dollars having everyone take lie detector tests. Later on, we learned that the owner was a retired police officer. We wondered if there was a cover up. It was hard to go on but decided to allow God to deal with this situation and to lead us into what we needed to do to pull our family back together.

So, after two and a half months of working with the lawyer and dealing with CPS, my husband and I were called into a meeting with CPS. Because the investigation they were conducting lead to no convictions, they decided to close the case. We knew it was not man, but God who allowed us to receive our children back and become a family. Although the case was never solved, we knew God had a plan for us. It was through our daughter that He let us and everyone who knew of her situation know that there is a God and He still performs miracles! After we reunited as a family, we moved out of the area and were monitored by the state in reference to our daughter's overall development. After five years, she was declared to have 100% recovery from shaken baby syndrome. According to their records, this was the only 100% recovery for an infant with this type of head trauma that they had ever known. So I thank God for strengthening our personal relationship with Him and between my husband and me.

What I have learned is that when you focus on God and are true to His word, all things will fall in place. And remember, it is not our will be done, but His will be done. God Bless!