A Remarkable Thought

Unbeknownst to Becca Part One


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Welcome to A Remarkable Thought: A short story podcast to engage your mind and lift your spirit—a production of changeyourmindchangeeverything.org. In a world that runs on 5G, caffeine, obligations, shoulds, shouldn’ts, woulds, and wouldn’ts we’ve created a space where you can relax, laugh and think for yourself. Each week we will bring you a refreshing escape where your mind can wander in a thoughtful story as you visit wonders yet to be considered. At the end of every show, we will leave you with a quality question to ponder. This week's host is Jami Amerine with an original story she wrote called, Unbeknownst to Becca Part One. Take a beat, take a breath, and listen in! 

Unbeknownst to Becca Part One 

Darkness.  Complete and total blackness was all that Becca Gladstill could make out.  

The 37-year-old mother of 4 was what she would describe as “average.” 

Married too young, saved by grace, grit, and the skin of her teeth, Becca had two sons Blake and Ben with her first husband before he literally took the money and ran. Leaving her penniless, husbandless with a two-year-old and a newborn to fend for themselves.  Back then, at 22 she couldn’t have imagined just five years later, she would be a college graduate, a dental hygienist, at a thriving pediatric dental practice, and remarried to a gorgeous podiatrist from the medical mall where she worked.  

10 months and 9 days after their honeymoon/family vacation to Florida, something “Doc,” as Becca referred to her new husband, Nick had insisted upon, Becca gave birth to an 11 pound, 9-ounce baby girl. The couple named their new daughter Pearl Nicolette after Becca’s late maternal grandmother and Nicollete after Doc... 

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