Valerie Weeks:  

Life Shortly after I graduated, I started working with the Auditor General's Office in Jax, FL. I worked there for 5 years and then transferred to the Florida Community College at Jacksonville Administrative Office. After working there for a few months I hemmoraghed and was hospitalized for 60 days. At the end of my hospital stay I had received 4 units of frozen plasma and 11 units of blood, I had also had 13 reconstructive surgeries. Needless to say, I was permanently disabled. (After learning how to walk again and dealing with other physical handicaps I felt I was well on the road to recovery!) This happened in 1990 and 1991. In July of 1994 I met a guy from Texas named Ben Weeks. We hit it off and were married on May 13, 1995. (I didn't mention that Ben was a minister, did I?) We traveled all over the USA for the first 10 months of our marriage and then we were offered a church in Lake Park, Georgia. (That is 12 or 13 miles south of Valdosta, GA.) We both instantly fell in love with the area and the church members! We settled in and went to work adjusting and setting goals, etc. In 1998 I discovered I was expecting a child and we were both estatic! But Preston was not meant for this world! He was born at ...Expand for more