November 24, 2025 • 43 mins
Dr. Linda P. Chinn is a native of New London, CT who currently resides in Douglasville, GA. She fulfills her mission of uprooting and pulling down false belief systems in the lives of God's people to build them up by planting in them the incorruptible seed of the living Word through her various ministries. Dr. Chinn is an accomplished entrepreneur and the creator of Linda Chinn Ministries as well as the founder of Christian Women in Training Network.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to Keeping It Real with Doctor Linda Chen. This
is the podcast where real life choices need biblical truth
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for real talk, real life and real answers.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Good afternoon, Good afternoon, Good afternoon. Welcome to another episode
of Keeping It Real with Doctor Linda Chen. I'm her
co host and producer Audrebel Kearney. Got a great show,
pa you today. A second later with hosts Molly Welch, listen,
we always we've always been to that place with a
second layer. I don't know exactly what that means, but
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we're gonna find out day exactly what that means. Hope
you guys are having a wonderful start to your Monday,
your week, your holiday week. I know for some of
you it's a short week, so we know that this
is gonna be a good show to kick off the
rest of your week, so you can enjoy with your
family and friends and feel like you've gotten some at
the beginning of the week with Doctor Chan and Molly,
So without further ado, I'm going to bring them to
the stage and then I'll step back. Good afternoon, everybody, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Good afternoon. Thank you. Thank you Audrey for that wonderful introduction.
As always, You've got the right words and the right voice,
and I thank God for you. You are the right producer.
We appreciate you. Thank you, Doctor Channer. So we're gonna
pull Audrey back up at the end, Molly, because Audrey
likes to take notes and she gets questions. So I
(01:37):
want to welcome you, Molly, to Keeping it Real with
doctor Linda Chen And just I want to tell the
live audience that you and I never really talked about this,
but I met you at a networking a virtual networking event,
and you were so inspirational. That was like a year
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or two ago, believe it or not, and you were
such an inspiration to me. And I've been watching and
following you and seeing the good work that you're doing,
and so I just want to say thank you so
much for saying yo, and welcome to the show.
Speaker 4 (02:12):
Thanks.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
So, Mollie tell us, can you share a little bit
about your life before the accident we're talking about a
second later, everyone, and so Molly's going to share some
things with us that's going to help us even now.
So tell us a little about your life before the accident,
Molly Well, I.
Speaker 4 (02:33):
Was a typical twenty one year old college student, going
to class and parties and football games. But I also,
along with many other Urburn University students, had a strong
work ethic. I was not only taking fifteen hours of
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rigorous class, but I was taking working at break Up
and Pizza Company as a serper. And I was a
separator on the Auburn Plane Span, which is a school newspaper.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
Wow. Wow, you were quite busy. Yes, yes, and we
thank god you're busy now. So what do you remember
is just you know, be comfortable. What do you remember
about the day of the accident.
Speaker 4 (03:33):
Nothing. I don remember the accent for itself or months before.
Speaker 3 (03:40):
Wow.
Speaker 4 (03:40):
That the only reason why I think I was on
my requarter, which is for I was a journal as
a major, and I take into interviews for school like
the entire accent was recorded on tape.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
Wow. Wow, very interesting. So do you how did you
process when you came out? Were you in a coal
or anything, and did you come out and then realize
what had happened?
Speaker 4 (04:11):
I was in a coma for three weeks and then
I was minimally conscious for several months. So in a way,
I it was a hard The first memory I had
was the second say at Shepherd Center.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
Wow, So when you did first realize what were on
to you in the hospital, how did you process that?
Speaker 4 (04:47):
I still have difficulty processing it today because you can
tell your limbs to move and they just don't want
to unless you put a ton of force and energy
and then it can move slightly. And now that's improved
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over the years, but it's so difficult.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
Wow. You said something very powerful to me. You said,
your brain, you can tell your limbs to move, but
unless you put a lot of energy into the thought.
You're saying that that is powerful. That tells us how
powerful I thoughts are. Right. Wow. Wow, I'm so grateful.
So what were the biggest changes you had to adjust
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to after the after the biggest change, Well.
Speaker 4 (05:43):
I couldn't even count that high, but I will tell
you about the ones that I recently have worked on.
It's driving. I'm trying again to get my license renewde
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because I used to wait like hours upon hours on
public transportation, and I'm hoping to put an end to that.
Also speech therapy. I've done it about ten times, and
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this past time they worked on strengthening my book records,
and so I'm hoping that this is the last time
that i have to take it, but if it's not,
I'll go again.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
Okay, you so you just you just have a lot
of stamina and a lot of drive. You're determined. That's
what I'm hearing that you're just in a determined woman.
Speaker 4 (06:53):
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (06:54):
Yes, I think that's awesome. So how has your daily
routine evolved since then? You know, we have the speech therapy.
What else has changed in your routine?
Speaker 4 (07:09):
My routine has changed so much. I have to compensate
a lot for everything to make events quicker, and but
my physical therapist all burted against that compensating. But it's
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the only way that works for me.
Speaker 3 (07:41):
Wow. So this is the thing that I wanted to
get across to people that do you mind telling us
what caused the accident? Because this is what's going to
help people. And I know you already know that.
Speaker 4 (07:56):
Do you mean like the distracted driving?
Speaker 3 (07:59):
Yes, hearing her, I was on.
Speaker 4 (08:04):
A tapeerorder for class because I was I just kind
a job on this school newspaper and I had an
article that was due, so I believe I was listening
back to the recorder, dropped it, reached back down to
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pick it up because I read clear across the meeting
and head on with the pickup drunk.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
So this is what I want to get across the
people I know. I know I have dropped things while driving, Molly,
I have too, and I know you know that other
people have done it too. Whether it was a cell
phone or recorder, it could be something that really wasn't
even important. It could have been a cap to a
bottle of water that I was drinking. And what Molly
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is letting us know here is that distracted driving is
distracted driving, and her ministry of the ministry because she
is spreading this far and wide to help us to
see that one second can change your whole life, and
she is a powerful motivator for this. I love that
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she is helping people all over the place, and at
the end or just going to put up her sites,
her YouTube page and all of that where you can
see how to reach out and to follow Mali. But
I want to ask you, what challenges, Molly do you
face that most people might not realize.
Speaker 4 (09:30):
Well, things that most people take for granted, I cannot,
and most people don't realize my fatiguable and my accessibility needs.
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I need a place to be accessible.
Speaker 3 (09:55):
You need everywhere you go. So the things you know
that we have access to, you know, it's interesting we
take so much for granted, and during these times we
know the holidays are upon us, and we take so
much for granted as we are picking up and grocery
shopping and multitasking while we're in the car driving and
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distracted driving is distracted driving. It doesn't matter what you're doing,
changing a radio station or anything. The things now listen
to this what revelation just got from what she said.
The things that we even have access to while we
are driving can be distractions. Just because you have access
to something doesn't mean that's the time to access it. So, Molly,
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what help? What helped you stay motivated during recovery andhabilitation? Rehabilitation?
Speaker 4 (10:51):
Well, say the truth, It was the progress I was
making because at the beginning, press moves really quick. And
now when I say quick, it's all relative because I
moved from a walker to a cane in like six months,
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But that was really quick for me. It is now
it slowed way down.
Speaker 3 (11:24):
With the but you still can walk with the cane.
Speaker 4 (11:26):
You're saying, Yes, I still do make pross but it's
so so.
Speaker 3 (11:37):
Does that get you frustrated at times?
Speaker 4 (11:39):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (11:41):
How do you deal with the frustration?
Speaker 4 (11:45):
I just keep on going.
Speaker 3 (11:48):
She just keeps on going. You just keep on going.
I love that, And I don't know that you realize
how much of an inspiration you are to me. I'm
being I just love it. You really inspire me. And
some of us want to quit and not keep going
because we have a hangnail. Some people quit and don't
want to keep going because there are challenges and obstacles
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that they face. And I'm hoping you who are listening
live now understand if Molly can keep going, then you
can keep going and I can keep going too, no
matter what the challenges are, she says, she just keeps going.
Let that be an inspiration to you. So, Mollie, were
there specific people or communities or resources that supported you most?
(12:39):
There probably were many. But what specific people, communities and
resources supported you the most?
Speaker 4 (12:46):
There were many, but God, my family and friends and
go Care Solutions was it company who started I propet
and also the Chamber of Commerce and many therapists.
Speaker 3 (13:09):
And you could keep going, couldn't you when you think
about it. Writing, We don't want you to feel guilty
if you don't mention somebody, because we all know how
that can be. But God and family and friends, and
this is what a second later is about. If you
think about it a second later, not only this can
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your whole life change, but that means your loved ones
their lives change too. Your family and your friends their
lives changed too. And I'm grateful that she mentioned God,
that God helped her, and he's helping her now. And
it's interesting how many people can give up after being
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in an accident, after having I know some people who've
had COVID, which has changed their lives in many ways.
Right they can't think, they can't remember like they used to.
I know people whose teeth have fallen out due to
the effects of COVID. But the point is you keep going.
And the point is this that every moment and every
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second of our lives count. We all get distracted. I mean,
I can be watching a movie. I don't know about you, Molly,
but I can be watching a movie and get distracted.
Is that true for you too, Yeah, you know, just
everyday life. And I think it's important too to know
from a second later that other people on the road
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who saw maybe the trucks or the two vehicles collide,
those are memories that they probably will see forever too.
It's hard to erase a memory from something that you saw.
So some you have specific organizations that you would like
to highlight. But before we get there, I want to
ask you something. How has this experience shaped your outlook
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on life?
Speaker 4 (15:03):
I feel like I have to plan everything more, like
even simple things like the grocery store or going to
on a quick walk. I have to plan it out
so it's absolutely perfect in my mind and then it
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goes whichever way wants to. But also I have to
tolerate things a lot more so, just like things don't
bother me as much.
Speaker 3 (15:43):
Wow, So for instance, what do you tell what do
you tolerate more now than you did before? You think?
Speaker 4 (15:52):
I guess I tolerate a lot of the looks and
me when I'm talking, I don't really even notice them anymore,
like people, especially a little kid's Sarah like crazy.
Speaker 3 (16:14):
So has a kid ever asked you a question?
Speaker 4 (16:18):
Yeah? What happened to your leg is a lot of
the questions I did.
Speaker 3 (16:25):
So the first time a kid asked you that, how
did it make you feel? And how did you respond?
Speaker 4 (16:32):
It made me feel good actually because I'm thinking there's
a lot more going on than just my leg. But
that's so it makes me so happy that that's all
I noticed. Wow, and I was just like.
Speaker 3 (16:55):
I was in a car wreck, and that settles it
for them. So sometimes I guess that's probably why Jesus
tells them that we should become like little children so
that we can enter the kingdom, because you know, adults
can be nosy. Adults can be pushy and want to
know things that you know, ask questions that we really
have a need don't have a need to know. And
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I'm glad that you said it made you happy because
that's all they noticed. Now let's think about it. And
you're very attractive of your beautiful woman, and let's think
about it. As we all go out in public, we're
worried about how we look to other people. We're concerned
about what others think about us. You know, our hair,
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our clothing, what we drive, and we're concerned what people
when they look at us, what are they thinking? And
I remember, Molly, when I was younger, like in my
early teens, and people would look at me. It would
bother me, and I would say to my sister. We
were usually my sister or friends, what are they looking at?
And years later, my oldest sister said to me, has
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it ever occurred to you that people are looking at
you because they admire you? Have you ever thought about that?
Speaker 4 (18:13):
Sometimes? But only when I go to my speaking engagements
and the crowd is watching me in public corner, just
walking down the street, I really think like that.
Speaker 3 (18:31):
So I wonder if you know, when we think about
reality life every day. You know, when people see an
old person on the cane, they don't normally ask that question.
So perhaps their curiosity is because you're such a young,
beautiful woman, like you know what's going on in her life.
I'm glad Molly that, as you said, if that's all
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they see, you know, look at God bless them. So
I want to ask you this question, and if you
feel uncomfortable answering it, then just say that. But a
question just came to me after the accident and when
you were going through rehabilitation, what were your feelings and
thoughts about God?
Speaker 4 (19:15):
I still believed in him, but I was kind of
angry that He made me go through all this.
Speaker 3 (19:27):
I know if I were to asked people, if you
ever been angry at God before? I know I have.
And the thing about it is, I want to share
this with somebody. I don't know what Molly's experience has
been after that, but I was angry with God, seriously
angry for a long time when my mother passed, and
certain visions would come to my mind and I would
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say to God, you know, you didn't have to let
her go through this. You didn't have to let her
go through it. And I was. I was angry with God.
And the only thing Molly that got me out of it.
And this is this is the true It's A lady
called me one day and somebody I went to another
church with years and years and years ago. I don't
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even know how she got my number and she called
me up and she said, Linda, God told me to
tell you he's still God, and that's all I know.
And I said, I understand, and I get emotional as
I think about it, and we hung up the phone.
And so we're not saying that it's not okay to
be angry with God. God knows who we are. But
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we're saying, don't stay angry, right, Molly, do you agree
with that? Yes, He's still using you.
Speaker 4 (20:39):
And he helps me with even the simple things that
you don't think about, like when I go to physical
therapy and he keeps me up and not going to
the ground.
Speaker 3 (21:00):
Wow, you meaning physically, he keeps you up and he
lifts your spirits up at times. Zone doesn't he That's
what he does. He loves her, He loves me, God
loves us. And so this is our reminder again that
a second later, your whole life can change. Be very
mindful of distractions, be very and anything. If you're not
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a believer, this is a faith based show. I do
believe in God. Molly believes in God. We even had
prayer before the show. And so you just keep in
mind that whatever you're doing in life, that distractions. For
Molly's case, and I'm grateful it wasn't deadly, but for
somebody else's case, it could be deadly. Have you ever
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talked to a family, Molly, of someone who may have
not made it through from distracted driving?
Speaker 4 (21:50):
No, I haven't. I used to be a pure visitor
at chepperd'sonar and that was where do I go and
kind of cancel counsel members or people that had a
relative or offed one. It just got inner correct and
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I try to help them comfort them and get over it.
Speaker 3 (22:20):
Wow. So do they have deep conversations with you? We're
not asking any good. So they have a you have
a they have a You're a safe place for them.
That is awesome because sometimes when we're talking to people,
they say, I get it, I understand, but they really
cannot relate, right, they really, they really can't. So I
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want to ask you this, how has this experience shaped
your outlook today? Like? How has it shaped how you
view the world?
Speaker 4 (22:53):
Well, I'm much more appreciative about and love the small
things in life, and I always want to get out
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and explore and just break out of my current situation.
Speaker 3 (23:27):
So does walking do that for you? When you take walks,
that does that for you? I love it. I love
it You're able to just explore and just look at birds.
You know, we take again so much for granted to
hear the birds singing and when the seasons change. I
love that for you. So this is what I want
to ask, what message would you give to people today
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about a second later.
Speaker 4 (23:56):
Well, that is all it takes. And if you ever
have the urge to just look down on your phone
just to remember my company name, and then you realize
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that there's other times that you could do that.
Speaker 3 (24:24):
You know, I'm telling you since you and I've been
talking about this over the last before I went on
vacation and things like that, I've been thinking about it
and the text message can wait. It doesn't matter what
it is. And you know, it was going through some
things and my doctor was texting and I said, Linda,
it still can wait, it can still wait. I'm so
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grateful that we have a person who God spared to
tell the rest of us to pay attention. So what
I'm hearing is stay focused, right, stay focused, as I
tell people, slow down or pull over, doesn't matter how
much you think you can multitask. Don't be tricked. The
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brain cannot function, It cannot focus on more than one
thing at a time. The brain is not It doesn't
work that way. So how do you think, Molly, that
society can better address distracted driving.
Speaker 4 (25:21):
They can make a stricter penalties, they can enforce and
enact the various laws that they have in their state,
and they can target young drivers, Michael or my hope
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is that a cell phone won't be even seen in
a person under the age of twenty one.
Speaker 3 (25:53):
Wow in a car. Wow, that you can't even see it.
So do you remember when they first when the law
first came in Georgia and was made effective that driving
with your cell phone in your hand was against the law?
Speaker 4 (26:09):
Yeah? I was part of that adoption. I spoke to
the legislation.
Speaker 3 (26:17):
I love it live. Isn't that awesome? So who knew that?
Molly helped bring some of that to pass, and then
yet some of us still do it. Molly, I see
people honestly driving on the highway like this and you
don't even have to do that. They have apparatuss in
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that you can put in your car so that you're
not even holding it. Me. I put mine in my purse.
Speaker 4 (26:43):
And they have spee your phone.
Speaker 3 (26:48):
So her expression just said, like really, like, really use
your speaker from why are we holding a phone like
we did in nineteen seventies and the eighties. So do
you really do you feel that your story has helped
raise awareness about road safety?
Speaker 4 (27:08):
I really do, hope. So my goal is to talk
to the younger generations. And I hope for three things,
One that they can actually remember a speech, two that
they always carry it with them, and three that they
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pass it along to others.
Speaker 3 (27:37):
Wow. So have you been invited to high school and
college campuses to speak? So you are getting that message out?
Speaker 4 (27:47):
I love it, but I've only been to that say
It of Alabama two times besides Georgia. And I need
to get a message out every saint. But with the
zoom that makes it a lot easier.
Speaker 3 (28:10):
So that's good. So this is my hope. If you
know somebody or if you are that person who can
reach out to Molly, and we are going to have
her contact information, you can go and look up a
second later and you'll see Molly Google her a second
later of Molly Welch. And I encourage you. Invite her
to your church, Invite her to your small groups. Invite
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her to high schools, grade schools, college campuses, Invite her
to hospitals, it doesn't matter, police stations. Invite her in.
When you have someone who has first hand experience who
God has saved, you know he did it on purpose
because he's God. You know he did it for purpose,
because he's God, look her up, invite her so that
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we can bring awareness to what can happen a second later,
a second later. So, Molly, I thank you for even
sharing with your goals. Are there projects I'm gonna ask
Audrey if she would bring those things up. I sent
her some of the things in the way you can
be followed. Bring them up on the screen if you would, Audrey, period.
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But are there other things that you are working on
now that you're involved in that you'd like to highlight specifically?
Speaker 4 (29:29):
Yes, I'm I create these magnetes and say thank you
for keeping your eyes on the road, and you can
change the icolor shape. I'm also and involved in several
media stations, just recently the Georgia pop Y Barkasting, and
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I am hoping to speak to all the chapters of
the Young Men servicely because high school boys are involved
in fatal crashes more often.
Speaker 3 (30:15):
Really, Yeah, listen, you all have children. I have friends
right now who I know are watching watch regularly, who
have sons who just got their driver's license. And I'm
not gonna say who I'm gonna meet up with later today,
but I want you to watch this recording. I want
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you to share it with your son. I'm hoping you
share it. She said, boys more than young girls. And
so what advice would you give to others facing sudden
life changing experiences? What would you say to them today?
Speaker 4 (30:52):
Molly, never give up because oh there's always a light
at the end of the tunnel. Although it's maybe dim,
they're so light. And also accept help whenver it's offered.
Speaker 3 (31:11):
To you, whenever it's offered. Don't miss the opportunity whenever
it's offered. And so Audrey, I would like you, because
Audrey interrupts, I would like you to come up back
on screen, and I want to see if you've got
any questions or comments from Mollie. But I also know
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that you head up several organizations who might be might
benefit from what Molly does and how she inspires and
speaks to people. But before I do that, I want
to ask Molly, how can we get those magnets?
Speaker 4 (31:47):
Go on uh a second later, and you can also
go on go funder me and type in awesome.
Speaker 2 (32:06):
For those who are listening to the show, it's a
second later, dot com a second later, dot.
Speaker 3 (32:10):
Com Amen, thank you listen. You can also put them
on your car. People can put bumper stickers on their car.
You can put those magnets on your car too, yea.
Speaker 4 (32:20):
What they're meant for their car moments?
Speaker 3 (32:25):
Thank you? Because what good that I'm doing a refrigerator, Linda. So,
what thoughts came to your mind or questions came to
your mind, Audrey that you would like to address with Miley?
Speaker 2 (32:38):
I think the first one came to my mind. She
was so young when this all happened, and she was
full of life and having life and on college and
all that stuff. What happened to your friends during this time?
Speaker 3 (32:48):
Good question?
Speaker 4 (32:52):
They all went off on their own separate ways. I say,
as I was a junior when this happened and when
I graduated college, as them are already graduated.
Speaker 3 (33:09):
So she's already how she graduated? Nice? Nice, nice congratulations.
Speaker 2 (33:15):
When you tell the story, I'm one of those people
who I hate reliving stuff over and over. So when
you're telling the story, and I know you tell it
a lot because I see all your social media platforms,
when you're retelling that story, does it bring back the
traumatic experience.
Speaker 3 (33:31):
Of how that happened?
Speaker 2 (33:32):
Or does it just help you be more empowered and
strong as you continue continuously to progress along in life.
Speaker 4 (33:40):
I guess it really depends on the time of day,
because in the evening I started to get emergial about it,
but during the day it just very much empowers me.
Speaker 2 (34:02):
Okay, that's cool, that's really cool. Look into the future.
What's your what do you see yourself? Because I know
sometimes when you when you're in it, the only thing
you can think about is like right now, But when
you come out of it, you kind of look to
the future a little bit.
Speaker 3 (34:18):
What does your future look like? For your ideal future?
If you could tell us what that looks like for you.
Speaker 4 (34:22):
Right now, my future, I want to speak to driving schools, colleges,
and high schools all throughout the country. And that's just
been the same for like the past several years.
Speaker 3 (34:45):
Molly. Do you have someone to help you get into
these places or do you do all that work yourself?
What do you mean, like get in to get invitations
to speak speaking idea myself? Oh, I'm getting ready to
help nice or look at that resilience.
Speaker 2 (35:05):
Listen to that resilience, y'all. So she is not letting
anything stop her. She's out there getting on podcasts, she's
speaking that chambers of commerce and speaking of chambers of commerce.
I heard that when you're When doctor Chin asked you,
who was the resources to help you mentioned chamber of commerce.
I am the president of a chamber of commerce. So
how exactly were they able to help you, because you
know a lot of times they just focused on business.
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How are they able to help you?
Speaker 4 (35:28):
Well, it was called They're Greater Atlanta Chamber of Commerce,
and they helped me because they were all different businesses
and they're all have needs for me to speak there.
Speaker 3 (35:48):
She mentioned driving schools. Driving schools, that's my favorite group.
Lend I'm just this. Joyce Smith says, this is great
encourages hope to keep on striving. Listen, no one has
an excuse when I listen to Molly. When I look
(36:10):
at Mollie, she doesn't look like what she's been through. Joyce,
You're right, keep on this encourages hope to keep on striving.
But I am you, and I gonna connect offsite Molly
because I'm gonna see what I can do with some
people that I know who can bring you in to
(36:30):
help you speak to young people and older people doo.
But you know, younger people feel like they're in, you know,
they're invincible, so they take more chances.
Speaker 4 (36:40):
Right, So older people are like, I have to talk
to rotary.
Speaker 3 (36:48):
Gods rotary cups, so that means senior centers. Right, Okay,
this is broadening my mind, broadened my thinking. But you
said your favorite place or driving schools.
Speaker 5 (37:03):
That's smart because they're all high school students are just
my favorite age, and they're all learning how to drive.
Speaker 3 (37:16):
So we're thinking that just learning how to drive means
just learning how to drive the rules of the road
and how to do parallel parking. You're saying, and this
day and age, there are new things that needed to
be added to learning how to drive. Is that what
you're saying? Yes, How do you teach them? What do
you say to them? Give us an example of what
(37:38):
you say to some of the people at the driving schools.
Speaker 4 (37:41):
Well, I tell them about my story, tell them about
my injuries, and warn them that this could happen to
them too, and they're just faces or just so wh
I and they I hope that they're soaking all in.
Speaker 3 (38:07):
Yeah, and then share the message with other people. So
do you give them anything to take away in their
hand once you've gone into these various places, Well, I.
Speaker 4 (38:19):
Give to the students to ask questions their car minment.
Speaker 3 (38:26):
Oh, so they have to be engaged and don't vance
I love it and such a beautiful smile and a
beautiful woman. Listen, I want to give you the last word.
And you know people will be listening to this and
order you can tell all the platforms that it's on,
(38:47):
but people will be listening to this for a long
time on different platforms, and so this is another opportunity
to say, have the last word, Molly, what do you
want to say?
Speaker 4 (39:04):
It only takes a second. I know that's obvious, but
that's really true. But I think so.
Speaker 3 (39:18):
My mother in law used to have like I would
call them nuggets of wisdom. That's what Molly just dropped
on us. She's not giving you a whole, long drawn
out story, she sang to us today. It only takes
a second. It only takes a second. And whether it's
reaching the change a song that's playing on your car
(39:41):
or fast forwarding something changing the radio station, Listen, Molly.
I was driving the other day and I had someone
in the car and my car was fought. My windows
were fogging up. It was day. There was nothing going on,
nothing special with the weather and they just fogged over.
So I turned on the wipers. I could do with
my hand on the dryer on the steering wheel. But
(40:05):
I thought to myself, now there's a button down there
that I know I can push that'll take all the
fog away. But I was so I was afraid to
take my eyes off the road because I really couldn't
see anything. So what she says, it just takes one second.
You can be changing the heat the temperature in your car.
So what she's saying is simple, but it's deep. Think
(40:31):
about it, and I hope that this is on your
mind today tomorrow Thanksgiving, while you're out there picking up
gifts and getting in your car and talking to people
on the phone while you're turning on the car. Listen,
it only takes a second. And I'll tell you something else.
What she just this, with her story and her model
and her messages. How many of us have gotten back
(40:53):
in the car while grocery shop and have bags in
the car, purse on and bending over in the car
and not looking around. It only takes a second. That's
also because we're distracted. That's also how people can get robbed.
That's also how our persons get snatched. So this message
that she's saying doesn't only apply to driving. That's her niche.
(41:16):
But let's think about it, people, let's think about it. Yes, yes, Molly,
I can't thank you enough. Get the mass. I am
going to reach out to you and see how we
the Linda Chin Ministries can help you open doors for
you to get this message out to young people. And
(41:37):
if there's anybody listening and you want to inbox me
or text me or call me with organizations that have
a place for MOLLI, please feel free to do so.
Thank you, thank you, We appreciate you. Audrey.
Speaker 2 (41:54):
All right, guys listen. If you want to reach out
to doctor Chamming because you have a speaking platform that
Molly can get on, go to Linda Chan ministry dot com. Also,
right up to the left hand corner, there's a little
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Speaker 3 (42:07):
That way you don't ever.
Speaker 2 (42:08):
Miss an episode. Molly want to thank you so much
for gracing us with your presidence today and sharing your story.
I wish you nothing but the absolute best, and thank
you for empowering our young people and helping them see
that they cannot be distracted. They cannot be texting and driving.
They can't be drinking and driving all of these things
that they do and I know they do it. They
cannot be doing those things because it only takes a second,
(42:30):
and a second layer could change their lives forever. So
thank you for that, Doctor cham Thank you for always
bringing us amazing guests to the show to introduce them
to your audience and empowering people in their lives and
the things that they do as well.
Speaker 3 (42:41):
So we want you.
Speaker 2 (42:42):
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By the way, I keep always thinking about Alexa. But
if you have an Alexa device in your house, and
nine times out of ten you're gonna have one this
holiday season because they're gonna go on sell on break Friday.
Speaker 3 (43:00):
Don download this show to your Alexi.
Speaker 2 (43:01):
Say hey, Alexa, play Keeping It Real with Doctor Lindachin
on the Alex and it will put in the most
recent episodes.
Speaker 3 (43:07):
Okay, we thank you for listening.
Speaker 2 (43:09):
We'll do that again two weeks ra same play, same time,
you guys, Stay safe, have a wonderful Thanksgiving and until
next time, make it a great day.
Speaker 3 (43:16):
Bye everybody, I love you, Molly, Happy Thanksgiving.
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Speaker 2 (00:25):
Good afternoon, Good afternoon, Good afternoon. Welcome to another episode
of Keeping It Real with Doctor Linda Chen. I'm her
co host and producer Audrebel Kearney. Got a great show,
pa you today. A second later with hosts Molly Welch, listen,
we always we've always been to that place with a
second layer. I don't know exactly what that means, but
(00:48):
we're gonna find out day exactly what that means. Hope
you guys are having a wonderful start to your Monday,
your week, your holiday week. I know for some of
you it's a short week, so we know that this
is gonna be a good show to kick off the
rest of your week, so you can enjoy with your
family and friends and feel like you've gotten some at
the beginning of the week with Doctor Chan and Molly,
So without further ado, I'm going to bring them to
the stage and then I'll step back. Good afternoon, everybody, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Good afternoon. Thank you. Thank you Audrey for that wonderful introduction.
As always, You've got the right words and the right voice,
and I thank God for you. You are the right producer.
We appreciate you. Thank you, Doctor Channer. So we're gonna
pull Audrey back up at the end, Molly, because Audrey
likes to take notes and she gets questions. So I
(01:37):
want to welcome you, Molly, to Keeping it Real with
doctor Linda Chen And just I want to tell the
live audience that you and I never really talked about this,
but I met you at a networking a virtual networking event,
and you were so inspirational. That was like a year
(01:58):
or two ago, believe it or not, and you were
such an inspiration to me. And I've been watching and
following you and seeing the good work that you're doing,
and so I just want to say thank you so
much for saying yo, and welcome to the show.
Speaker 4 (02:12):
Thanks.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
So, Mollie tell us, can you share a little bit
about your life before the accident we're talking about a
second later, everyone, and so Molly's going to share some
things with us that's going to help us even now.
So tell us a little about your life before the accident,
Molly Well, I.
Speaker 4 (02:33):
Was a typical twenty one year old college student, going
to class and parties and football games. But I also,
along with many other Urburn University students, had a strong
work ethic. I was not only taking fifteen hours of
(02:58):
rigorous class, but I was taking working at break Up
and Pizza Company as a serper. And I was a
separator on the Auburn Plane Span, which is a school newspaper.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
Wow. Wow, you were quite busy. Yes, yes, and we
thank god you're busy now. So what do you remember
is just you know, be comfortable. What do you remember
about the day of the accident.
Speaker 4 (03:33):
Nothing. I don remember the accent for itself or months before.
Speaker 3 (03:40):
Wow.
Speaker 4 (03:40):
That the only reason why I think I was on
my requarter, which is for I was a journal as
a major, and I take into interviews for school like
the entire accent was recorded on tape.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
Wow. Wow, very interesting. So do you how did you
process when you came out? Were you in a coal
or anything, and did you come out and then realize
what had happened?
Speaker 4 (04:11):
I was in a coma for three weeks and then
I was minimally conscious for several months. So in a way,
I it was a hard The first memory I had
was the second say at Shepherd Center.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
Wow, So when you did first realize what were on
to you in the hospital, how did you process that?
Speaker 4 (04:47):
I still have difficulty processing it today because you can
tell your limbs to move and they just don't want
to unless you put a ton of force and energy
and then it can move slightly. And now that's improved
(05:12):
over the years, but it's so difficult.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
Wow. You said something very powerful to me. You said,
your brain, you can tell your limbs to move, but
unless you put a lot of energy into the thought.
You're saying that that is powerful. That tells us how
powerful I thoughts are. Right. Wow. Wow, I'm so grateful.
So what were the biggest changes you had to adjust
(05:39):
to after the after the biggest change, Well.
Speaker 4 (05:43):
I couldn't even count that high, but I will tell
you about the ones that I recently have worked on.
It's driving. I'm trying again to get my license renewde
(06:03):
because I used to wait like hours upon hours on
public transportation, and I'm hoping to put an end to that.
Also speech therapy. I've done it about ten times, and
(06:27):
this past time they worked on strengthening my book records,
and so I'm hoping that this is the last time
that i have to take it, but if it's not,
I'll go again.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
Okay, you so you just you just have a lot
of stamina and a lot of drive. You're determined. That's
what I'm hearing that you're just in a determined woman.
Speaker 4 (06:53):
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (06:54):
Yes, I think that's awesome. So how has your daily
routine evolved since then? You know, we have the speech therapy.
What else has changed in your routine?
Speaker 4 (07:09):
My routine has changed so much. I have to compensate
a lot for everything to make events quicker, and but
my physical therapist all burted against that compensating. But it's
(07:37):
the only way that works for me.
Speaker 3 (07:41):
Wow. So this is the thing that I wanted to
get across to people that do you mind telling us
what caused the accident? Because this is what's going to
help people. And I know you already know that.
Speaker 4 (07:56):
Do you mean like the distracted driving?
Speaker 3 (07:59):
Yes, hearing her, I was on.
Speaker 4 (08:04):
A tapeerorder for class because I was I just kind
a job on this school newspaper and I had an
article that was due, so I believe I was listening
back to the recorder, dropped it, reached back down to
(08:24):
pick it up because I read clear across the meeting
and head on with the pickup drunk.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
So this is what I want to get across the
people I know. I know I have dropped things while driving, Molly,
I have too, and I know you know that other
people have done it too. Whether it was a cell
phone or recorder, it could be something that really wasn't
even important. It could have been a cap to a
bottle of water that I was drinking. And what Molly
(08:52):
is letting us know here is that distracted driving is
distracted driving, and her ministry of the ministry because she
is spreading this far and wide to help us to
see that one second can change your whole life, and
she is a powerful motivator for this. I love that
(09:13):
she is helping people all over the place, and at
the end or just going to put up her sites,
her YouTube page and all of that where you can
see how to reach out and to follow Mali. But
I want to ask you, what challenges, Molly do you
face that most people might not realize.
Speaker 4 (09:30):
Well, things that most people take for granted, I cannot,
and most people don't realize my fatiguable and my accessibility needs.
(09:51):
I need a place to be accessible.
Speaker 3 (09:55):
You need everywhere you go. So the things you know
that we have access to, you know, it's interesting we
take so much for granted, and during these times we
know the holidays are upon us, and we take so
much for granted as we are picking up and grocery
shopping and multitasking while we're in the car driving and
(10:18):
distracted driving is distracted driving. It doesn't matter what you're doing,
changing a radio station or anything. The things now listen
to this what revelation just got from what she said.
The things that we even have access to while we
are driving can be distractions. Just because you have access
to something doesn't mean that's the time to access it. So, Molly,
(10:43):
what help? What helped you stay motivated during recovery andhabilitation? Rehabilitation?
Speaker 4 (10:51):
Well, say the truth, It was the progress I was
making because at the beginning, press moves really quick. And
now when I say quick, it's all relative because I
moved from a walker to a cane in like six months,
(11:16):
But that was really quick for me. It is now
it slowed way down.
Speaker 3 (11:24):
With the but you still can walk with the cane.
Speaker 4 (11:26):
You're saying, Yes, I still do make pross but it's
so so.
Speaker 3 (11:37):
Does that get you frustrated at times?
Speaker 4 (11:39):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (11:41):
How do you deal with the frustration?
Speaker 4 (11:45):
I just keep on going.
Speaker 3 (11:48):
She just keeps on going. You just keep on going.
I love that, And I don't know that you realize
how much of an inspiration you are to me. I'm
being I just love it. You really inspire me. And
some of us want to quit and not keep going
because we have a hangnail. Some people quit and don't
want to keep going because there are challenges and obstacles
(12:11):
that they face. And I'm hoping you who are listening
live now understand if Molly can keep going, then you
can keep going and I can keep going too, no
matter what the challenges are, she says, she just keeps going.
Let that be an inspiration to you. So, Mollie, were
there specific people or communities or resources that supported you most?
(12:39):
There probably were many. But what specific people, communities and
resources supported you the most?
Speaker 4 (12:46):
There were many, but God, my family and friends and
go Care Solutions was it company who started I propet
and also the Chamber of Commerce and many therapists.
Speaker 3 (13:09):
And you could keep going, couldn't you when you think
about it. Writing, We don't want you to feel guilty
if you don't mention somebody, because we all know how
that can be. But God and family and friends, and
this is what a second later is about. If you
think about it a second later, not only this can
(13:31):
your whole life change, but that means your loved ones
their lives change too. Your family and your friends their
lives changed too. And I'm grateful that she mentioned God,
that God helped her, and he's helping her now. And
it's interesting how many people can give up after being
(13:54):
in an accident, after having I know some people who've
had COVID, which has changed their lives in many ways.
Right they can't think, they can't remember like they used to.
I know people whose teeth have fallen out due to
the effects of COVID. But the point is you keep going.
And the point is this that every moment and every
(14:15):
second of our lives count. We all get distracted. I mean,
I can be watching a movie. I don't know about you, Molly,
but I can be watching a movie and get distracted.
Is that true for you too, Yeah, you know, just
everyday life. And I think it's important too to know
from a second later that other people on the road
(14:36):
who saw maybe the trucks or the two vehicles collide,
those are memories that they probably will see forever too.
It's hard to erase a memory from something that you saw.
So some you have specific organizations that you would like
to highlight. But before we get there, I want to
ask you something. How has this experience shaped your outlook
(15:00):
on life?
Speaker 4 (15:03):
I feel like I have to plan everything more, like
even simple things like the grocery store or going to
on a quick walk. I have to plan it out
so it's absolutely perfect in my mind and then it
(15:28):
goes whichever way wants to. But also I have to
tolerate things a lot more so, just like things don't
bother me as much.
Speaker 3 (15:43):
Wow, So for instance, what do you tell what do
you tolerate more now than you did before? You think?
Speaker 4 (15:52):
I guess I tolerate a lot of the looks and
me when I'm talking, I don't really even notice them anymore,
like people, especially a little kid's Sarah like crazy.
Speaker 3 (16:14):
So has a kid ever asked you a question?
Speaker 4 (16:18):
Yeah? What happened to your leg is a lot of
the questions I did.
Speaker 3 (16:25):
So the first time a kid asked you that, how
did it make you feel? And how did you respond?
Speaker 4 (16:32):
It made me feel good actually because I'm thinking there's
a lot more going on than just my leg. But
that's so it makes me so happy that that's all
I noticed. Wow, and I was just like.
Speaker 3 (16:55):
I was in a car wreck, and that settles it
for them. So sometimes I guess that's probably why Jesus
tells them that we should become like little children so
that we can enter the kingdom, because you know, adults
can be nosy. Adults can be pushy and want to
know things that you know, ask questions that we really
have a need don't have a need to know. And
(17:17):
I'm glad that you said it made you happy because
that's all they noticed. Now let's think about it. And
you're very attractive of your beautiful woman, and let's think
about it. As we all go out in public, we're
worried about how we look to other people. We're concerned
about what others think about us. You know, our hair,
(17:38):
our clothing, what we drive, and we're concerned what people
when they look at us, what are they thinking? And
I remember, Molly, when I was younger, like in my
early teens, and people would look at me. It would
bother me, and I would say to my sister. We
were usually my sister or friends, what are they looking at?
And years later, my oldest sister said to me, has
(18:02):
it ever occurred to you that people are looking at
you because they admire you? Have you ever thought about that?
Speaker 4 (18:13):
Sometimes? But only when I go to my speaking engagements
and the crowd is watching me in public corner, just
walking down the street, I really think like that.
Speaker 3 (18:31):
So I wonder if you know, when we think about
reality life every day. You know, when people see an
old person on the cane, they don't normally ask that question.
So perhaps their curiosity is because you're such a young,
beautiful woman, like you know what's going on in her life.
I'm glad Molly that, as you said, if that's all
(18:53):
they see, you know, look at God bless them. So
I want to ask you this question, and if you
feel uncomfortable answering it, then just say that. But a
question just came to me after the accident and when
you were going through rehabilitation, what were your feelings and
thoughts about God?
Speaker 4 (19:15):
I still believed in him, but I was kind of
angry that He made me go through all this.
Speaker 3 (19:27):
I know if I were to asked people, if you
ever been angry at God before? I know I have.
And the thing about it is, I want to share
this with somebody. I don't know what Molly's experience has
been after that, but I was angry with God, seriously
angry for a long time when my mother passed, and
certain visions would come to my mind and I would
(19:48):
say to God, you know, you didn't have to let
her go through this. You didn't have to let her
go through it. And I was. I was angry with God.
And the only thing Molly that got me out of it.
And this is this is the true It's A lady
called me one day and somebody I went to another
church with years and years and years ago. I don't
(20:09):
even know how she got my number and she called
me up and she said, Linda, God told me to
tell you he's still God, and that's all I know.
And I said, I understand, and I get emotional as
I think about it, and we hung up the phone.
And so we're not saying that it's not okay to
be angry with God. God knows who we are. But
(20:30):
we're saying, don't stay angry, right, Molly, do you agree
with that? Yes, He's still using you.
Speaker 4 (20:39):
And he helps me with even the simple things that
you don't think about, like when I go to physical
therapy and he keeps me up and not going to
the ground.
Speaker 3 (21:00):
Wow, you meaning physically, he keeps you up and he
lifts your spirits up at times. Zone doesn't he That's
what he does. He loves her, He loves me, God
loves us. And so this is our reminder again that
a second later, your whole life can change. Be very
mindful of distractions, be very and anything. If you're not
(21:22):
a believer, this is a faith based show. I do
believe in God. Molly believes in God. We even had
prayer before the show. And so you just keep in
mind that whatever you're doing in life, that distractions. For
Molly's case, and I'm grateful it wasn't deadly, but for
somebody else's case, it could be deadly. Have you ever
(21:43):
talked to a family, Molly, of someone who may have
not made it through from distracted driving?
Speaker 4 (21:50):
No, I haven't. I used to be a pure visitor
at chepperd'sonar and that was where do I go and
kind of cancel counsel members or people that had a
relative or offed one. It just got inner correct and
(22:14):
I try to help them comfort them and get over it.
Speaker 3 (22:20):
Wow. So do they have deep conversations with you? We're
not asking any good. So they have a you have
a they have a You're a safe place for them.
That is awesome because sometimes when we're talking to people,
they say, I get it, I understand, but they really
cannot relate, right, they really, they really can't. So I
(22:42):
want to ask you this, how has this experience shaped
your outlook today? Like? How has it shaped how you
view the world?
Speaker 4 (22:53):
Well, I'm much more appreciative about and love the small
things in life, and I always want to get out
(23:17):
and explore and just break out of my current situation.
Speaker 3 (23:27):
So does walking do that for you? When you take walks,
that does that for you? I love it. I love
it You're able to just explore and just look at birds.
You know, we take again so much for granted to
hear the birds singing and when the seasons change. I
love that for you. So this is what I want
to ask, what message would you give to people today
(23:50):
about a second later.
Speaker 4 (23:56):
Well, that is all it takes. And if you ever
have the urge to just look down on your phone
just to remember my company name, and then you realize
(24:18):
that there's other times that you could do that.
Speaker 3 (24:24):
You know, I'm telling you since you and I've been
talking about this over the last before I went on
vacation and things like that, I've been thinking about it
and the text message can wait. It doesn't matter what
it is. And you know, it was going through some
things and my doctor was texting and I said, Linda,
it still can wait, it can still wait. I'm so
(24:44):
grateful that we have a person who God spared to
tell the rest of us to pay attention. So what
I'm hearing is stay focused, right, stay focused, as I
tell people, slow down or pull over, doesn't matter how
much you think you can multitask. Don't be tricked. The
(25:06):
brain cannot function, It cannot focus on more than one
thing at a time. The brain is not It doesn't
work that way. So how do you think, Molly, that
society can better address distracted driving.
Speaker 4 (25:21):
They can make a stricter penalties, they can enforce and
enact the various laws that they have in their state,
and they can target young drivers, Michael or my hope
(25:43):
is that a cell phone won't be even seen in
a person under the age of twenty one.
Speaker 3 (25:53):
Wow in a car. Wow, that you can't even see it.
So do you remember when they first when the law
first came in Georgia and was made effective that driving
with your cell phone in your hand was against the law?
Speaker 4 (26:09):
Yeah? I was part of that adoption. I spoke to
the legislation.
Speaker 3 (26:17):
I love it live. Isn't that awesome? So who knew that?
Molly helped bring some of that to pass, and then
yet some of us still do it. Molly, I see
people honestly driving on the highway like this and you
don't even have to do that. They have apparatuss in
(26:37):
that you can put in your car so that you're
not even holding it. Me. I put mine in my purse.
Speaker 4 (26:43):
And they have spee your phone.
Speaker 3 (26:48):
So her expression just said, like really, like, really use
your speaker from why are we holding a phone like
we did in nineteen seventies and the eighties. So do
you really do you feel that your story has helped
raise awareness about road safety?
Speaker 4 (27:08):
I really do, hope. So my goal is to talk
to the younger generations. And I hope for three things,
One that they can actually remember a speech, two that
they always carry it with them, and three that they
(27:34):
pass it along to others.
Speaker 3 (27:37):
Wow. So have you been invited to high school and
college campuses to speak? So you are getting that message out?
Speaker 4 (27:47):
I love it, but I've only been to that say
It of Alabama two times besides Georgia. And I need
to get a message out every saint. But with the
zoom that makes it a lot easier.
Speaker 3 (28:10):
So that's good. So this is my hope. If you
know somebody or if you are that person who can
reach out to Molly, and we are going to have
her contact information, you can go and look up a
second later and you'll see Molly Google her a second
later of Molly Welch. And I encourage you. Invite her
to your church, Invite her to your small groups. Invite
(28:33):
her to high schools, grade schools, college campuses, Invite her
to hospitals, it doesn't matter, police stations. Invite her in.
When you have someone who has first hand experience who
God has saved, you know he did it on purpose
because he's God. You know he did it for purpose,
because he's God, look her up, invite her so that
(28:57):
we can bring awareness to what can happen a second later,
a second later. So, Molly, I thank you for even
sharing with your goals. Are there projects I'm gonna ask
Audrey if she would bring those things up. I sent
her some of the things in the way you can
be followed. Bring them up on the screen if you would, Audrey, period.
(29:20):
But are there other things that you are working on
now that you're involved in that you'd like to highlight specifically?
Speaker 4 (29:29):
Yes, I'm I create these magnetes and say thank you
for keeping your eyes on the road, and you can
change the icolor shape. I'm also and involved in several
media stations, just recently the Georgia pop Y Barkasting, and
(29:55):
I am hoping to speak to all the chapters of
the Young Men servicely because high school boys are involved
in fatal crashes more often.
Speaker 3 (30:15):
Really, Yeah, listen, you all have children. I have friends
right now who I know are watching watch regularly, who
have sons who just got their driver's license. And I'm
not gonna say who I'm gonna meet up with later today,
but I want you to watch this recording. I want
(30:37):
you to share it with your son. I'm hoping you
share it. She said, boys more than young girls. And
so what advice would you give to others facing sudden
life changing experiences? What would you say to them today?
Speaker 4 (30:52):
Molly, never give up because oh there's always a light
at the end of the tunnel. Although it's maybe dim,
they're so light. And also accept help whenver it's offered.
Speaker 3 (31:11):
To you, whenever it's offered. Don't miss the opportunity whenever
it's offered. And so Audrey, I would like you, because
Audrey interrupts, I would like you to come up back
on screen, and I want to see if you've got
any questions or comments from Mollie. But I also know
(31:32):
that you head up several organizations who might be might
benefit from what Molly does and how she inspires and
speaks to people. But before I do that, I want
to ask Molly, how can we get those magnets?
Speaker 4 (31:47):
Go on uh a second later, and you can also
go on go funder me and type in awesome.
Speaker 2 (32:06):
For those who are listening to the show, it's a
second later, dot com a second later, dot.
Speaker 3 (32:10):
Com Amen, thank you listen. You can also put them
on your car. People can put bumper stickers on their car.
You can put those magnets on your car too, yea.
Speaker 4 (32:20):
What they're meant for their car moments?
Speaker 3 (32:25):
Thank you? Because what good that I'm doing a refrigerator, Linda. So,
what thoughts came to your mind or questions came to
your mind, Audrey that you would like to address with Miley?
Speaker 2 (32:38):
I think the first one came to my mind. She
was so young when this all happened, and she was
full of life and having life and on college and
all that stuff. What happened to your friends during this time?
Speaker 3 (32:48):
Good question?
Speaker 4 (32:52):
They all went off on their own separate ways. I say,
as I was a junior when this happened and when
I graduated college, as them are already graduated.
Speaker 3 (33:09):
So she's already how she graduated? Nice? Nice, nice congratulations.
Speaker 2 (33:15):
When you tell the story, I'm one of those people
who I hate reliving stuff over and over. So when
you're telling the story, and I know you tell it
a lot because I see all your social media platforms,
when you're retelling that story, does it bring back the
traumatic experience.
Speaker 3 (33:31):
Of how that happened?
Speaker 2 (33:32):
Or does it just help you be more empowered and
strong as you continue continuously to progress along in life.
Speaker 4 (33:40):
I guess it really depends on the time of day,
because in the evening I started to get emergial about it,
but during the day it just very much empowers me.
Speaker 2 (34:02):
Okay, that's cool, that's really cool. Look into the future.
What's your what do you see yourself? Because I know
sometimes when you when you're in it, the only thing
you can think about is like right now, But when
you come out of it, you kind of look to
the future a little bit.
Speaker 3 (34:18):
What does your future look like? For your ideal future?
If you could tell us what that looks like for you.
Speaker 4 (34:22):
Right now, my future, I want to speak to driving schools, colleges,
and high schools all throughout the country. And that's just
been the same for like the past several years.
Speaker 3 (34:45):
Molly. Do you have someone to help you get into
these places or do you do all that work yourself?
What do you mean, like get in to get invitations
to speak speaking idea myself? Oh, I'm getting ready to
help nice or look at that resilience.
Speaker 2 (35:05):
Listen to that resilience, y'all. So she is not letting
anything stop her. She's out there getting on podcasts, she's
speaking that chambers of commerce and speaking of chambers of commerce.
I heard that when you're When doctor Chin asked you,
who was the resources to help you mentioned chamber of commerce.
I am the president of a chamber of commerce. So
how exactly were they able to help you, because you
know a lot of times they just focused on business.
(35:26):
How are they able to help you?
Speaker 4 (35:28):
Well, it was called They're Greater Atlanta Chamber of Commerce,
and they helped me because they were all different businesses
and they're all have needs for me to speak there.
Speaker 3 (35:48):
She mentioned driving schools. Driving schools, that's my favorite group.
Lend I'm just this. Joyce Smith says, this is great
encourages hope to keep on striving. Listen, no one has
an excuse when I listen to Molly. When I look
(36:10):
at Mollie, she doesn't look like what she's been through. Joyce,
You're right, keep on this encourages hope to keep on striving.
But I am you, and I gonna connect offsite Molly
because I'm gonna see what I can do with some
people that I know who can bring you in to
(36:30):
help you speak to young people and older people doo.
But you know, younger people feel like they're in, you know,
they're invincible, so they take more chances.
Speaker 4 (36:40):
Right, So older people are like, I have to talk
to rotary.
Speaker 3 (36:48):
Gods rotary cups, so that means senior centers. Right, Okay,
this is broadening my mind, broadened my thinking. But you
said your favorite place or driving schools.
Speaker 5 (37:03):
That's smart because they're all high school students are just
my favorite age, and they're all learning how to drive.
Speaker 3 (37:16):
So we're thinking that just learning how to drive means
just learning how to drive the rules of the road
and how to do parallel parking. You're saying, and this
day and age, there are new things that needed to
be added to learning how to drive. Is that what
you're saying? Yes, How do you teach them? What do
you say to them? Give us an example of what
(37:38):
you say to some of the people at the driving schools.
Speaker 4 (37:41):
Well, I tell them about my story, tell them about
my injuries, and warn them that this could happen to
them too, and they're just faces or just so wh
I and they I hope that they're soaking all in.
Speaker 3 (38:07):
Yeah, and then share the message with other people. So
do you give them anything to take away in their
hand once you've gone into these various places, Well, I.
Speaker 4 (38:19):
Give to the students to ask questions their car minment.
Speaker 3 (38:26):
Oh, so they have to be engaged and don't vance
I love it and such a beautiful smile and a
beautiful woman. Listen, I want to give you the last word.
And you know people will be listening to this and
order you can tell all the platforms that it's on,
(38:47):
but people will be listening to this for a long
time on different platforms, and so this is another opportunity
to say, have the last word, Molly, what do you
want to say?
Speaker 4 (39:04):
It only takes a second. I know that's obvious, but
that's really true. But I think so.
Speaker 3 (39:18):
My mother in law used to have like I would
call them nuggets of wisdom. That's what Molly just dropped
on us. She's not giving you a whole, long drawn
out story, she sang to us today. It only takes
a second. It only takes a second. And whether it's
reaching the change a song that's playing on your car
(39:41):
or fast forwarding something changing the radio station, Listen, Molly.
I was driving the other day and I had someone
in the car and my car was fought. My windows
were fogging up. It was day. There was nothing going on,
nothing special with the weather and they just fogged over.
So I turned on the wipers. I could do with
my hand on the dryer on the steering wheel. But
(40:05):
I thought to myself, now there's a button down there
that I know I can push that'll take all the
fog away. But I was so I was afraid to
take my eyes off the road because I really couldn't
see anything. So what she says, it just takes one second.
You can be changing the heat the temperature in your car.
So what she's saying is simple, but it's deep. Think
(40:31):
about it, and I hope that this is on your
mind today tomorrow Thanksgiving, while you're out there picking up
gifts and getting in your car and talking to people
on the phone while you're turning on the car. Listen,
it only takes a second. And I'll tell you something else.
What she just this, with her story and her model
and her messages. How many of us have gotten back
(40:53):
in the car while grocery shop and have bags in
the car, purse on and bending over in the car
and not looking around. It only takes a second. That's
also because we're distracted. That's also how people can get robbed.
That's also how our persons get snatched. So this message
that she's saying doesn't only apply to driving. That's her niche.
(41:16):
But let's think about it, people, let's think about it. Yes, yes, Molly,
I can't thank you enough. Get the mass. I am
going to reach out to you and see how we
the Linda Chin Ministries can help you open doors for
you to get this message out to young people. And
(41:37):
if there's anybody listening and you want to inbox me
or text me or call me with organizations that have
a place for MOLLI, please feel free to do so.
Thank you, thank you, We appreciate you. Audrey.
Speaker 2 (41:54):
All right, guys listen. If you want to reach out
to doctor Chamming because you have a speaking platform that
Molly can get on, go to Linda Chan ministry dot com. Also,
right up to the left hand corner, there's a little
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Speaker 3 (42:07):
That way you don't ever.
Speaker 2 (42:08):
Miss an episode. Molly want to thank you so much
for gracing us with your presidence today and sharing your story.
I wish you nothing but the absolute best, and thank
you for empowering our young people and helping them see
that they cannot be distracted. They cannot be texting and driving.
They can't be drinking and driving all of these things
that they do and I know they do it. They
cannot be doing those things because it only takes a second,
(42:30):
and a second layer could change their lives forever. So
thank you for that, Doctor cham Thank you for always
bringing us amazing guests to the show to introduce them
to your audience and empowering people in their lives and
the things that they do as well.
Speaker 3 (42:41):
So we want you.
Speaker 2 (42:42):
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By the way, I keep always thinking about Alexa. But
if you have an Alexa device in your house, and
nine times out of ten you're gonna have one this
holiday season because they're gonna go on sell on break Friday.
Speaker 3 (43:00):
Don download this show to your Alexi.
Speaker 2 (43:01):
Say hey, Alexa, play Keeping It Real with Doctor Lindachin
on the Alex and it will put in the most
recent episodes.
Speaker 3 (43:07):
Okay, we thank you for listening.
Speaker 2 (43:09):
We'll do that again two weeks ra same play, same time,
you guys, Stay safe, have a wonderful Thanksgiving and until
next time, make it a great day.
Speaker 3 (43:16):
Bye everybody, I love you, Molly, Happy Thanksgiving.
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