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Jamie Lynn Spearsis counting her blessings.
“SWEET MAGNOLIAS going to #1 so fast was a real life dream coming true,” Spears began the caption of herpost. “But I must say, I do not think it’s a coincidence that today is also, the 5 year ‘miracle anniversary’ of our sweet Maddie’s tragic accident.”
Sharing a photograph of Maddie, 13, in a hospital bed, as well as other shots including an excerpt from herrecently released memoir, Spears continued, “Maybe, it’s just a little reminder to remain faithful through the good times and the bad times.”
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Continuing her post, Spears signaled back toSweet Magnoliasand said that she “can’t even begin to explain all the ways, that this show and the many wonderful people who create this show have been a saving grace to me.”
On the Netflix drama, Spears stars as Noreen Fitzgerald, the pregnant girlfriend-turned-fiancée of Maddie’s (JoAnna Garcia Swisher) ex-husband Bill (Chris Klein).
“I owe a HUGE Thank you to each and every person who is a part of theSweet Magnoliasfamily, especially the viewers,” the mother of two added. “I’m filled with so much gratitude today for a lot reasons, and I don’t ever want to take any of my many blessings for granted. I LOVE YALL.”
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Earlier this year, Spearsopened up to PEOPLEabout Maddie’s near-fatal accident while promoting her memoir,Things I Should Have Said.
In her new book, Spears offers a chilling account of the harrowing ordeal and Maddie’s unbelievable recovery. It had previously taken Spears nearly five years to open up about the distressing day and its aftermath.
“I really just was introspective,” Spears told PEOPLE. “I was writing music, writing my story, figuring out how I wanted to tell that story specifically, and was like, ‘Well, it needs context: I got to tellthis, too, I got to tellthis, too.’ Over the years, it turned into my whole life story.”
“When you have the worst thing you can think of in your life happen to you, it makes you look at everything else differently. You have a lot more gratitude,” she added. “That was a miracle. That should be heard. There’s a lot of dark things in this world today, and I think that putting something out there like that, that is so wonderful, is something that should be shared, especially when it made so many changes in a lot of lives for the better.”
source: people.com
