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Many have compared Garett Bolles’ story to Michael Oher’s that was detailed in the movie and book “The Blind Side.” Emily Freeman, the mother of the family who took him in, says her son loves the comparison.
“It was his favorite movie growing up,” Freeman said. “He would watch it all the time and now he says, ‘I loved Michael Oher’s story but I want to make my own story now and I want people to know I am where I am because the good Lord got me here.' And there is so much power in that.”
Freeman had never even watched the NFL draft until two weeks ago. But on April 27, when Bolles was drafted in the first round by the Denver Broncos, she was reminded of “how remarkable the things God can do when you turn your life over to him.”
Freeman, a well-known LDS author and speaker, shared her version of Bolles' story on Thursday at BYU Women’s Conference. It's a story Freeman said “is especially close to heart right now.”
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