Collin County Living Well Magazine Winter 2015 | Page 47

had happened. Amy admits she made
it her goal to see Brittany pay.
After two years the case finally went to
trial. Brittany was sentenced to seven
years in prison. Ironically Stephanie’s
mom had been a part of women’s
prison ministry. Now, each year the
parole board would hear Amy and
Stephanie’s victim statement against
Brittany. In the fifth year, Stephanie
was exhausted. She had to give Brittany to The Lord. The family’s only statement to the board for Brittany, “This is
the year we start praying for you.”
Some time later, Brittany contacted
Amy through a letter. Amy describes
the big bubble letter with big hearts
over the i’s. “It read as if my little girl
had written it,” said Amy. “I realized
that she was still that little girl. I really
think the Lord was allowing me to see
her through His eyes.” He told Amy
that Brittany was His child and He
loved her as much as He loved Amy.
God took Amy back to the time in her
life when she was that age, specifically showing her things in her life, that
without the prayers of her mother and
apart from His grace, she could literally