The source of La’el Collins’ incredible strength

Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty ImagesWhen La’el Collins entered this world, he did so with an umbilical cord wrapped tightly around his neck. And yet, his mother, Loyetta, says, “He didn’t even turn blue.” That’s when she knew he was “born with a purpose.”

It was for that reason that she named him La’el, Hebrew for “belonging to God.”

Geoff Hobson featured Collins and his mother in a Father’s Day piece on account of the fact that she had to act as both parents for five children. He writes:

She is Old Testament all the way, a Louisiana lady who once drove a one-ton hauler to feed her family and wears bold hats to church and to the stores with matching masks... They’re not sure exactly how many jobs…