Reading Heaven is for Real makes you think a lot about your life and how it can change in a matter of seconds. Todd and Sonja Burpo realized this, when their son Colton became increasingly ill in a matter of days. It started out as a little stomach ache and what looked like to be a fever. Turns out, after 10 days he was in the hospital recovering from an emergency appendectomy, and was lucky to have survived. Months later, a conversation about the hospital brought an astonishing story of Colton’s claim to have gone from heaven and back.

Until reading this book, you don’t realize how close you can be to death, until you’re there. Colton was lucky enough to have God on his side and survived this strange mysterious disease, and this book brings you back into reality of how serious bad things can easily come and linger for a while. In the end though, everything will fall into place.

I remember a time in my life when I had a scary situation. It was when my half-sister Paige was born. She was born on March 26, 2011. When she was born, there were some complications that had to be under watch. When she was first born, we quickly noticed her breathing patterns were very heavy. We had to get her tested for Cystic Fibrosis, she had a sweat test done, and many other medical tests. She has a little hole in her hear, about the size of a millimeter. But the doctor said that most babies are born with holes in their hearts, and it wasn’t something much to worry about.

Paige is now four and a half months old, and very healthy. She is a very active little playful baby. She loves putting things in her mouth, squealing, and making bubbles. And she is the highlight of my life. Much like Colton is to Todd and Sonja.