Prayers lift musician from bad dream of illness to new life

Bart Saylor has scribbled his story onto a bunch of brown paper bags. "My Life in Cartoons," he calls it.

It shows him dressed as a bumblebee for a ballet recital, his stinger tangled with another kid's, the two stuck together on stage.

He wore glasses, braces and a bow tie. He started reading comics and sketching his own. He latched onto music and learned instruments.

He got his Ph.D. Fell in love with the girl of his dreams. Had three amazing kids, dogs, cats and a turtle named Bubba.

And he had a big ol' tumor. "But a lot of folks said prayers for me, and I never stopped rocking."

See, Saylor was sick, really sick. Only now he's not. He's better than ever. And he'd like to tell you about it.

For more of this story, see the Faith & Values section in Sunday's Post and Courier.