{"id":126087,"date":"2026-01-21T07:31:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T07:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/126087\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T07:31:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T07:31:13","slug":"jacksonville-moms-faith-family-support-fuel-fight-to-walk-again-after-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/126087\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville mom\u2019s faith, family support fuel fight to walk again after accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Stephanie Miller is working hard to walk again after a crash last month left her paralyzed from the chest down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Miller spoke about her progress and determination, saying, \u201cI haven\u2019t made much progress, but hey, we\u2019re not letting that get us down. That\u2019s not going to stop me. I will never stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Despite the severity of the crash, Miller\u2019s 10-month-old son emerged without a scratch, a miracle she deeply appreciates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cEvery single window was blown out in my car except for the window next to him. And I just know that he was saved and that I was saved,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Jacksonville woman Stephanie Miller is working hard to walk again after a crash last month left her paralyzed from the chest down. (Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-stephanie-millers-fight-to-walk-again-after-a-life-c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-stephanie-millers-fight-to-walk-again-after-a-life-c\">A GoFundMe set up by Miller\u2019s father<\/a> has raised more than $37,000. The family hopes to raise $1 million to cover the extensive care she will need during recovery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">When asked if the situation tested her faith, Miller said, \u201cThis has grown my faith in ways that are unheard of. I mean, this is going to be, and it is, my testimony. I am closer to God than I have ever been.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">On December 12, Miller was driving her son to her fianc\u00e9 Jeremy\u2019s parents\u2019 house on her way to work when the crash happened.<\/p>\n<p>Miller spoke about her progress and determination, saying, \u201cI haven\u2019t made much progress, but hey, we\u2019re not letting that get us down. That\u2019s not going to stop me. I will never stop.\u201d (Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">She recalls, \u201cI\u2019m driving down South 95 to St. Augustine and all of a sudden I wake up and I\u2019m laying over the passenger side of my car.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Her car flipped and crossed from the southbound to the northbound side of I-95. Several people stopped to help her and her son.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cThey were asking me to spell my name and say my birth date and I was completely coherent. I answered all their questions and they asked me if I could feel my feet, and I said no.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Miller suffered a C7 spinal cord injury, leaving her paralyzed from the chest down, though she can still move her arms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">She said, \u201cEvery single window was blown out in my car except for the window next to him. And I just know that he was saved and that I was saved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Her family and fianc\u00e9 have been by her side throughout her recovery journey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Her goal is to walk again, especially to \u201cwalk down the aisle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">She also wants to be able to pick up and play with her now 11-month-old son like before the accident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cI want to make a full recovery and I will pray every day that I can do so and I will never give up hope that it will happen for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Stephanie Miller is working hard to walk again after a crash last month left her&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126088,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117,278],"class_list":["post-126087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}