Annabelle Unbroken

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My name is Annabelle I am in adult with special needs that loves Jesus, worship, life, traveling.

  • MUSIC ON MY MIND MONDAY

    MUSIC ON MY MIND MONDAY

    Today we will be talking about the song “One More Day” by Sons. The band I recently heard this song from got me thinking about my life and how Jesus has brought me through so much in my 22 years of life. Yes, my life can be hard and difficult sometimes, but I am SO grateful for all the hard times in my life because they shape me into who I am, and the hard times have pushed me to look at my life as a true testament to the faithfulness, kindness, and love of my Jesus. When I tell you I have seen Jesus in so many different aspects of my life, I have, and He’s not done writing this testimony for which He gets the praise. I am a fighter, and I am a story. I am all of these things, but mostly I am grateful to say, I LOVE YOU JESUS, THANK YOU JESUS. He’s given me 22 years and 365 days of the kindness and love of Him, and He shows up for me 24/7. I can’t wait for the rest of my life to see what Jesus has for me, and I am so thankful for my life, all the miracles, all the good times, and all the doctors, my people, and surgeries. He shows up 24/7, and I am just grateful to have breath in these lungs, even though the docs said she may not make it through birth. But I did, by the grace of Jesus and so many prayers. I am just grateful to be alive and to have such a beautiful life. Friends, don’t waste your life away because He’s given us one life. Cherish it and live it to the fullest.

  • MUSIC ON MY MIND MONDAY

    Today we will be talking about the song Better by Pat Barrett the lyrics that stand out are you are better than all theses things and your love is better than life and you are better than all theses things. your love is better than life. Jesus is the well that will never run dry. we are truly Gods people and its the spirit of God that leads our hearts to worship him and thank him for everything he’s doing in each of us and our life. Yes we should make the personal Decision to know him better and we should choose to obey him like he did when he died on the cross during his death. we should ask our hearts and mind theses questions 

    1, Why is knowing Jesus better than anything else? its because nothing else on earth compares to knowing Jesus christ as lord and savior

    2, How do I get know Jesus Better? read your bible, talk to him out loud or whisper

    I think we always think about how could or how should we better get to know Jesus more on a deeper level. Let me remind you, if you want to get to know Jesus better, just turn around; He’s right there with arms wide open for you, and He’s saying, “Be mine,” and He’s gonna walk with us through EVERYTHING. His love is so much better than anything you could ask for or think about. I hate when people say it’s a relationship; it’s more than that—it’s a friendship—and we would be lost without His steadfast love and guidance; I know I would. I can’t speak for the rest of you. I am not saying go make a decision right now to be transformed by the love and grace and have a friend to lean on.

  • MUSIC ON MY MONDAY

    Today will be talking about the song Miracle child by Brandon lake this song holds a very special place in my heart because I am a living testimony of the miracles that my Jesus can do because almost 22 years ago my parents got told I was not gonna make it through birth but by the grace and love of Jesus and my parents, and so many doctors, so many prayers I did and the doctors said if I did i was not gonna be able to do anything but by the grace of Jesus and the help of my parents, doctors I am about to celebrate 22 years and 365 days of those Miracles they said I was not gonna do because I LOVE PROVING THESES DOCS WRONG its one of my favorite thing to do. oh man I can’t wait to celebrate 22 years of ME doing the things that bring the biggest smile to my face with some of the folks that bring the joy to my face and make me feel so special every single day of my life. PARTY TIME food, music, shopping, my people starts October 29th ends when I say it does. I live on cloud 9 24/7 because CHRISTEN AND JON ARE MY PARENTS AND JACK HULGAN IS MY BROTHER, JESSICA OPPENHUIZEN IS MY ‘BIG SIS’ AND KATIE IS MY HONORARY SIS IN LAW.

    The joy of the Lord is my strength 

    I should not be alive 

    but i am a miracle child 

    Defied every Diagnoisis

    as close as it came

    I can stand here and say

    I am a miracle child

  • 33rd surgery 

    On Thursday I will be having my 33rd surgery in Nashville I always ask the question to myself WHY ME NOT ME I don’t wanna go to surgery its a waste my time and it causes a lot of built up stress in my mind and heart. But I always have to seat back and realize this is my Testimony and the writer of my testimony writes beautiful story’s and I would not be who I am if I did not  have to go through the rough patches of my life. I have people come up to me all the time and say oh your life must be hard since you go through so many hard things in life and people always tell me they feel bad for me for all the surgery’s and doctors appts. y’all Jesus  has been so good to me all my life and has brought me through the most rough times in my life and I would not trade any of it for anything else. I keep praying and he continues to listen and answer in ways I can’t explain. yeah it may look like on the outside I don’t worry about nothing and but you do not know I boil with stress when its surgery time you maybe asking yourself its her 33rd surgery why does she STILL stress about surgery. well my parents can only go past the white double doors with me and than they have to say goodbye until I get sent to recovery room and than they can come back to me. Yes I know I am in the best care with the best medical care in the world but it will NEVER change the fact I want them with me in there but thats just the OR rules. I wanna be completely honest with ya’ll when they say Annabelle give your parents kisses after they walk away I just feel so helpless and feel like I cant do anything but just cling to Jesus the entire time like a rope and that’s how I get through it all. When I wake up and I hear the nurse say hey we are calling momma  right now to start walking back here and I open my eyes and they are right in my face and I hear baby its momma and daddy everything went great. Its like hearing the voice of Jesus  say child you’re mine and you do not have to fear because I am here and I will walk with you and you are gonna be okay.  This is a part of my life and I love my life.

  • My Story on Spina Bifida 

         This month is October and it’s Spina Bifida Awareness month. I got my diagnosis from a test that they did on my mommy before having me.  Spina bifida is a birth defect which means my spinal cord did not develop properly. It means I had to have my spinal cord closed by  surgery. It occured when I was being made in my mommys tummy. 

          The treatment is/ was surgery to close the defect which I had done when I was very little so now it looks like a Tattoo which I call ALL my scars on my body my God tattoos because they are evidence and proof of the goodness that he’s been to me all my life and the things he’s brought me through. The simple definition for my condtion is a birth defect where my spinal column didn’t close all the way during my mommas pregnancy, leading to damage of my spinal cord and nerves. My parents did NONE OF THIS. It’s how God made me and I don’t want a another life. I love this testimony God gave me and my family to walk alongside me. 

          You maybe wondering what it is?  so let me tell you The literal definition is split spine its a neural tube defect that occurs when the spinal colum fails to close fully during my moms early pregnacy. The next question your wondering I bet so let me tell you and that question is what does it do? it affects my mobility which means I can’t walk I am fully dependent on my wheelchair and people to carry me. I can move from the waist up but the waist down I can not move thats why I have my wheelchair and a lot people come up to me and say do you sleep in your wheelchair? The answer is no I sleep in a bed room close by my paremts so they can montitor me in the night and while I sleep they have to get up every few hours and help me turn over because I can not because of my rods and also they have to check on me.  And you maybe asking How do I dress myself? My parents have to help me put on my pants and sometimes they have to help me put on my tops it just depends how I am feeling or what I am sitting on to help my back be stable and straight. 

  • MUSIC ON MY MONDAY


    Today we will be talking about the song Desperate by Jamie MacDonald this song is one of my top favorite worship songs to listen to listen to during my one on one time with Jesus everyday. Because the lyrics are very powerful it talks about we all Desperate for Jesus and how he’s our calm in life’s storms because I know life can feel like waves that are crashing together before our eyes and we just gotta turn around and look because he’s there waiting to calm the storms of whatever we are facing and he will never leave us or let us walk alone because he’s just that kind and faithful and keeps All of his promises he tells us in our bible. if you are desperate and need someone to talk to or feel any type of way just turn around because he’s RIGHT THERE waiting for us to walk life with him its the best decision you will ever make in your life. He’s called friend, Protector and he’s our peace.  Remember what I said about how  life can feel like sometimes crashing waves that feel like they are never ending and we all Desperate for it to end and stop well Jesus is the peace that calms the life waves that we are desperate for it to end. life has beautiful moments on this side of heaven but it also has hard ones. Christ himself is the ONLY PEACE that can stop our stress. In Ephesians 2:4  it says GODS grace has saved me and you. He walks life with us because he cares so much about each of us and wants whats best for each of us so if you are heavy with life stress and life in general go to our Lord and he will calm your storms and walk life with you because I know life can be hard and he promises to NEVER leave us. He will go with us through it all with us. Every step of the way.

  • Summer Travels 2025

    Let me tell you about my summer 2025 because it was just one of the best summers of my life because it involved one of the joys in my life TRAVELING to three different places first we flew to tacoma Washington to spend seven days visiting my brother and his girlfriend Katie.  we did the coolest things there like trying new foods, going to museums and walking around on a beach and shopping and exploring new things.  and than me and my parent flew back to Tennessee and I was home for a few weeks then I hop on ANOTHER plane to Florida with some of very close pals we flew to sunny Florida to experience Younglife camp there for 3 days where we grew our faith in Jesus and had a ton of fun just being together leaning more into the gospel and learning more about how Jesus loves/feels bout us. Than we all flew home back to Tennessee and than me, my parents went boating with my Grandparents and than we pack another bag and drove to Nashville TN to see one of my favorite worship pastor Brandon Lake and his band the Miracle boys play at the Bridgestone arena . Best worship band in the christian music industry. worshiping for 3 hours straight will always be one of the things that brings me so much joy and happiness hearing me and 13,000 people sing so I throw up my hands and praise you again, again cause all that I have is my heart singing hallelujah and you got a lion inside of theses lungs and hearing us singing I believe in the hope of heaven and he’s preparing a place for me us singing the gospel has one voice will always be the best sound to me because one day we will get to do it before a perfect king. one of the best summers ever. That’s a wrap on summer 2025.

  • Music On My Mind

    Music on my mind Monday

    Today we will be talking about the song plans by Brandon Lake this song reminds us to trust the Lords plan. Even when we don’t know or understand at the moment what’s happening and what the Lord is doing in the moment but we know the Lord is faithful ALWAYS and FOREVER. I know in my only life sometimes its hard to understand what he’s doing but I have complete faith in trust he has good plans for my life and whatever happens next. I get asked all the time Hey Annabelle do you ever worry about life or worry about anything the answer is sometimes but not EVERYDAY because I completely  give all my worries to the one who made me and watches over me daily.  I think about all the plans Jesus has had for me and they have always been so beautiful and I know all the future plans he’s writing are gonna continue to be good  but I know he’s not done until its good. So I will keep trusting his perfect plan for my life forever.  Trusting the Lords plans can be overwhelming, sometimes the plans he has for us maybe not the plan we wanted. But he knows us better than we know ourselves he knows what’s BEST for each of our life’s. Our relationship with Jesus is more than just a religious thing its a personal relationship and friendship with the creator of the world the one who made us and has the best plans for ours life’s’ I love how the song says 

    You have good plans 

    If its not good, then you’re not finished yet 

    You have good plans 

    If its true in the palace and true in the pit 

    If you’re in control, than I am lifting my hands 

    You have good plans 

    Yeah you have good plans 

    I know that good things are coming 

    Because that is a promise you made 

    The times that are tested still come with a blessing 

    Grace after grace after grace 

    You have good plans 

    If its not good until you’re finished yet

  • Welcome to my world

    Hi my name is Annabelle Hulgan and welcome to my life called Annabelle Unbroken . I am glad you’re here this is a place where I share my thoughts, testimony and experiences in my life. But first I want to introduce my self too y’all. My name is Annabelle and I have a special need called Spina Bifida that effects my spinal cord. It causes me to be completely dependent on my wheelchair and makes me paralyzed from the waist down. I have a brain condition called hydrocephalus that effects my brain and causes me to learn in a different way but I can remember the craziest things like tunes to worship music, keys to worship songs, song lyrics, titles to worship music, some bible stories, and lots of other random tidbits . 

     I am 21 years old born in Nashville TN and let me tell you about my family I have two amazing parents named Christen and Jon who literally spend time daily making my life so special and I ADORE them.  I have 24 year old brother named Jack I wouldn’t wanna grow up with anyone else but Jack Smith Hulgan. He’s the brother that Jesus designed just for me and my journey anyone that knows me knows I ADORE him. I have a best friend named Jessica who’s basically my sissy. She’s been in my life since I was 3 years old and has been in my life for 19 years now. She’s seen every milestone and been a part of my life for 19 years old and I ADORE her. 3 years ago my brother met his true love named Katie the one I pray to call sis in law one day. She’s everything in a sis in law I wanted and dreamed about, she’s become an honorary sister to me. Then we have a dog named Henry he’s 5 years old and a toy poodle. Welcome to Annabelle unashamed, I hope you will come back each week to see more of my posts. I will be posting about:

    • Music and how I feel about it
    • Miracles in my life
    • Travels and adventures I have
    • My thoughts on life
    • Special things about special needs