Attendees at the Life Legal Defense Foundation’s annual benefit
dinner in Santa Clara, California received a firsthand account of Julia
Holcomb’s story.
At 16, Holcomb became involved with Steven Tyler, lead singer of the
Rock Band Aerosmith. The relationship led to Tyler becoming Holcomb’s
legal guardian, asking her to have a child with him, and later, asking
her to marry him.
Holcomb shared that as a teenager from a broken home, the excitement
of being in this relationship, traveling the world, living the celebrity
lifestyle was all that she could see.
Holcomb
was about five months pregnant when their relationship became strained.
Tyler entertained second thoughts about their marriage. Eventually,
Tyler went on tour leaving Holcomb alone in his apartment—without
prenatal care, without a driver’s license, without sufficient money to
take care of basic needs. A friend was supposed to come to assist
Holcomb to get some groceries.
Holcomb remembers waking up in a smoke-filled apartment, and
discovering that both exits were blocked – the back stairway was
engulfed in flames, and the lock on the front door was jammed and
immoveable. Holcomb crawled to the fireplace in the bedroom, over which
hung a painting “Jesus, Light of the World.” The painting recalled to
her mind that God is merciful, and in that moment faced with the terror
of dying, Holcomb spoke the words to a song she sang as a child in
Sunday school: “Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed
me, O Lord God of truth.” (Psalm 31:5.) Miraculously, Holcomb survived
the fire.
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