Do you believe in angels? According to some polls, up to three-quarters of Americans do. Colleen Banton didn’t expect her disabled daughter Chelsea to see her 15th birthday. But she’s now the gift of the season for her family. ”We’ve been praying for a miracle and I think this is the beginning of it,” Colleen said.
Back in September, pneumonia had pushed Chelsea toward death’s door in a Charlotte hospital. Yet an hour after life support was removed, jaws began to drop among some hospital workers over what appeared at another door near the teenager’s room. ”And this image appeared on the security monitor,” Colleen said. “And it was an image of an angel. And I thought, ‘well, either that’s the angel that’s coming to take her to heaven or an angel to say she’s getting better.’”
And she got better all right — almost immediately mom says.”The doctors and nurses were all amazed,” Colleen said. The mother took a cel phone picture of the image — bright bands of light only visible on the hospital security monitor. The hospital confirmed that some of its workers saw something as well.
“It’s a blessing. It’s a miracle, and I’m learning not to take things for granted,” Colleen said. It’s an emotional story to tell, and just off camera, Chelsea herself began to cry at the sight of her mom breaking up. And because she’s okay for now, the focus is on celebrations — a 15th birthday is right around the corner. ”It’s a very special birthday. Who knows, it could be her last. She’s come this far. I’m not giving up now,” Colleen said.
A birthday that comes every Christmas, but this year it’s touched by an angel.
Groundbreaking actress and the sultry singer of the stylishly sexy Christmas standard “Santa Baby,” Eartha Kitt, died on Christmas Day in New York City, her publicist confirmed to CNN. 
