To all my friends and family who have been so supportive I would like to share this with you.
For those that might not know the story and wish to?
Please click here: The Light Will Never Go Out

I went to the Fire Department yesterday (Tuesday 4-13-10) to meet and thank the crew that helped save my life on the afternoon of January 24th. I found out, by way of my landlords, that they were asking how I was as they did not even know if I survived or not?

It really was a happy moment for all of us and I could not thank them enough, I could not hug them enough as they filled me in on everything I had no memory of.

These guys do not get enough appreciation or recognition for what they do and this visit helped them to know just how important they are to this community.

The gentleman 2nd from the right with the hat (David) deduced what happened that day by walking to the car garage where he found blood on the concrete floor beneath the loft and next to the ladder realizing I must have fallen there. They were so kind and stayed with me until I was whisked away by helicopter to Flagstaff Medical Center for emergency brain surgery.

The ambulance we are in front of is the one they took me in to the Sedona Medical Center.
Much love to you all and many, many thank you’s for caring.

From Left to Right:
Millan Zorita, Jayson Coil (Battalion Chief), Joe Kinzel, Pamela, Josh Wells, David Rodriguez, Mark Beneitone

Much appreciation…
To everyone who is sending in thank-you’s to the Battalion Chief at the Sedona Fire Department.
They are receiving emails from around the world in gratitude for helping save the life of one girl.
You cannot put a price on this nor can I express what it was like to go through.
And incredibly happy to have come out the other side, to be alive, with new perspectives.
These men are invaluable and the love being sent their way now is invaluable,
for they don’t see this sort of attention very often. Thank You to All!

Free Your Mind and Remove Fear. The Shift is “Within”.

Responses from friends and family.
Thank you all for sharing a mystical, painful, yet magical time with me.
The importance of what is happening here is being felt within the hearts of many.
Please spread it (love) like a quiet wildfire as these kind words ignite plenty. [without the burn]
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Pamela,
Thank you for taking the time to stop by,
it means a lot to the crews when people take the time to thank them.
I just got a chance to read the cards. They were both very sweet, thanks again!

Jayson Coil
Battalion Chief
Sedona Fire District
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Thank you for saving Pamela’s life, this world would not be the same without her.
You guys are very special people!
The rest of society needs to hear much more about what you do on a regular basis,
which is probably taken for granted by most people.

Sincerely,
Jim Rodger
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Jim, thank you for your kind words, I will pass them on to the firefighters who helped Pamela. I hadn’t met her until yesterday but I can understand your feeling for her, she was so positive and thankful it was truly infectious!
Jayson Coil
Battalion Chief
Sedona Fire District
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You are all heroes, and the wonderful work you do is very much appreciated!
The world is a better place for Pamela’s presence in it – and for yours, too!
Warmest wishes,
Lisa (Bath, England) xx
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Dear firemen,
Thank you for saving Pamela. She is such a dear friend. You are my heroes!
Kendra
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I am emailing from the UK to thank you for everything you did on January 24th
to save our dear friend Pamela Leigh-Richards.
She is an amazing soul and it very obviously was not her time to go.
The world would be just a little less loving and colourful without her here. So thank you guys.
When you go to work each day, you never really know who in the world
you’re going to be saving or helping or how far-reaching your work is.
So a big thank you from a film crew here in the UK who are very happy with what you do.
Well done.

Love and blessings,
Nikki, Mandy and Ben xx
(Time of the Sixth Sun production crew)
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I just want to thank and congratulate you and your team for saving Pamela.
I will soon be moving from Illinois to Sedona and it is comforting to know
you have such a dedicated and capable group in place.
My son is an EMT in Maine so I have some understanding of what you face.
Thanks and congratulations for a job well done.
~ Bill
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To Jason and the entire crew who helped save the life of my daughter, Pamela Richards,
I want to take this opportunity to offer you my sincere thanks.
The timely and professional manner in which you responded to her injuries was, I’m sure,
the predominant factor that saved her life.
I have always regarded firemen as very special people, which you certainly are.
Risking your lives to save the lives of others puts you in the classification of
“The Bold and the Brave”. You are to be admired,
and my hat is off to all of you for a “Job Well Done”.
~ Carl Richards
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Mr. Richards,
Thank you for your kind words and taking the time to send this email.
I will pass your message on to the crews that helped your daughter.
I sincerely believe the paramedics and EMTs that we employ are some of the best.
I know your daughter’s visit to the station helped remind them of why they chose this profession.
Sincerely,
Jayson Coil
Battalion Chief
Sedona Fire District
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“If You Do Not Tell Your Story You Are Doing Humanity A Disservice”

This is from a dear friend, Bill Mortimer, who is moving to Sedona from Illinois
And was in town looking for homes when he shared this with me:

FYI – I was grabbing a bite at Jose’s Cafe a little while ago.
Two guys from Sedona Fire and Rescue came in.
I had the waitress give me their bill (anonymously)
and asked her to tell them after I left
that this was a small thanks for helping save your life.
The guy at the table next to me overheard and it made his day – random act of kindness.
None of this would have happened had you flown away.
~ Bill

See what happens when you open your heart and share the love within?
It is the simplest act of kindness that can spread with great affect.
Thank you Bill!
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Dear Jayson and all of your crew, [Amazingly powerful story from Annie in England]

I would like to thank you all sincerely for the help that you gave to my dear friend Pamela
on the 24th January when she sustained her serious head injury after falling from her loft –
the world wouldn’t be the same without her and she has so much more to give
that we all need her to be here with us.

I only met Pam because of the help that she freely gave to my daughter four years back -she is the kind of person who spreads magic and truth and I am grateful to you all for all the work that you do.
Nothing is more special than being someone who serves and ‘gives’ without any expectation and that makes all of you guys very special too.

My daughter and I were also saved by a fire crew some 15 years ago here in the UK.
They said that the room that fire was in reached around 870 degrees
and with an old Victorian lathe and plaster ceiling they were amazed that it held
and that we survived. My daughter had her bedroom right above that inferno.

There but for the grace of God walk all of us and I pray that He walks with all of you.

From my own experience the only ‘things’ that survived our house fire
were a bible I received for passing my scripture exams,
a bible I received for being a bridesmaid,
a bible that was given my parents when they married
and a book of scriptures that is now 130 years old.
A pair of boots also survived as they were outside the back door.

Everything else in the house was consumed either by soot or fire
but those bibles didn’t even smell of anything and didn’t have a speck of dust on them.
I had about £15,000 worth of other books and they were all destroyed.
One of the bibles has a white leather cover and it still has the same with no cleaning whatsoever.
My ex-husband fell asleep whilst the fire consumed the house – he didn’t expect to
and it frightened him.
He expected to stay awake and that everything belonging to his ex-girlfriend
would be destroyed at the seat of the fire that he set
but his plan didn’t work because he fell asleep
and we all lost everything – excepting the bibles and one pair of boots…
and of course a great wife!

I have nothing material from the years of my life prior to that fire –
other than the boots and the bibles.
This never bothered me and has never bothered me since.
Life is about who we are and not what we have….

Just know that there are always people who do totally appreciate the work that you do.
It can easily seem as though no one cares anymore – there are people who do ….

Thank you to all of you again.

The Grace is yours

Annie x
UK
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Annie,

I have received numerous emails in the past few days from Pamela’s friends and family.
They were all incredibly kind and touching.
Yours however, is the most inspiring and reminds me of how inconsequential
the stuff we acquire is when it comes down to what really matters in life.
Thank you for sharing your love of Pamela, your appreciation for the work we do,
and most of all your incredible firsthand experience.
I can tell you I will not forget and I thank you for taking the time to share your story with me.
I will pass your email onto the men of Sedona Fire who took care of Pamela.

Sincerely,
Jayson Coil
Battalion Chief
Sedona Fire District
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“We read your personal story this morning. It was very emotional and touching.
You are a true walking miracle. Even when I met you the very first time I knew you were filled with the Holy Spirit. I don’t know your religious beliefs, but we know that God and his legion of angels were with you. Your mission on earth has a lot to be completed. You are like a soaring eagle.” Hugs Georgia
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The gratitude, appreciation and love written on this page has been delivered into the flowing vastness of forever. To remain as a gift for others to see, how the little things one can do in life, truly can have great meaning.
Here I am handing my Thank You cards to the heros who helped save my life.

Probably you’ve heard mention of the butterfly effect; the idea that a butterfly’s flapping wings might create tiny changes in a dynamic system which causes a chain of events leading to large-scale phenomena. Had the butterfly not flapped its wings, the trajectory of the system might have been vastly different. What may appear to be the small, everyday choices are the ones that can be earth-changing.

We will always be alive no matter what we ‘think’.
The journeys and experiences are the necessaries it does so seem.
We save the world by saving ourselves, and in tandem …
We save the world by going hand in hand.
Life is so magnificent and even prophecies can be altered.
Life does not have to be the way its predicted
It can ‘be’ changed as the miracle of YOU happening.

“We tend to perceive only what’s familiar.
So when new discoveries open up unfamiliar worlds,
they present us with a dilemma.
To see new worlds accurately may require a radical step …
the suspension of prior beliefs.”I AM a Brain In-Jury Survivor. Now re-wiring my desires.
It is all unfolding.
There is so much more to know and tis’ time to step outside the box and know you CAN!

The Butterfly Effect