A Heartwarming Thanksgiving Story of Survival & Gratitude | The Mikesells’ Miracle
Update: 2025-11-27
Description
Revisiting one of our most powerful and unforgettable conversations — our interview with Betsy and Gentry Mikesell. These inspiring entrepreneurs, known for creating Beddy’s, the bedding company that transformed how families make their beds, open up about more than business success in this episode. They share the life-altering plane crash that reshaped their family forever — and the profound gratitude that came from surviving the unimaginable. As we enter the Thanksgiving season, their story is a reminder of what truly matters: family, faith, resilience, and the ability to find gratitude even in the hardest chapters of life. Their words still echo with one of the most powerful lines from the episode: “It was the worst thing to happen to our family… and yet the best.” This is an episode that will warm your heart, move you deeply, and inspire you to reach out to the people you love with a little extra gratitude today.
Timestamps
[2:56 ] Being an entrepreneur and the start of Beddy’s
[10:43 ] Snapshot of what Beddy’s looks like today
[17:10 ] The plane crash
[21:33 ] Gaining consciousness
[27:20 ] Having to wait for Gentry to heal
[37:42 ] Fearing he might not make it
[41:20 ] Learning to not be judgmental or critical
[42:51 ] Where Alyssa was and how this experience touched her
[49:35 ] Moving to Tennessee and how life was later
[53:51 ] One final nugget of truth
Notable quotes:
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Produced by NC Productions!
Timestamps
[2:56 ] Being an entrepreneur and the start of Beddy’s
[10:43 ] Snapshot of what Beddy’s looks like today
[17:10 ] The plane crash
[21:33 ] Gaining consciousness
[27:20 ] Having to wait for Gentry to heal
[37:42 ] Fearing he might not make it
[41:20 ] Learning to not be judgmental or critical
[42:51 ] Where Alyssa was and how this experience touched her
[49:35 ] Moving to Tennessee and how life was later
[53:51 ] One final nugget of truth
Notable quotes:
- “There were just so many things that came into place, like if we had crashed 20 seconds earlier, we wouldn’t have crashed near campers. We would have been so remote that nobody could get to us. So we feel super lucky for the way it turned out.” [20:11 ]
Subscribe to the podcast: Apple Podcast
Produced by NC Productions!
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