WELCHES, Ore. - A 77-year-old grandmother who made national headlines last year after surviving 14 days in a remote forest is now telling her story.

Last August, Doris Anderson, who was 76 years old at the time, got separated from her husband, Harold, during a bow hunting trip in a rugged and remote area near Baker City, Oregon. 

Her husband had broken his wrist while trying to unload their ATV and free their truck, which had gotten stuck.  The couple decided they needed help and started walking out of the forest. 

Doris began to feel weak, though, and returned to the truck while her husband hiked to get help. It took Harold more than 24 hours to find someone and when police returned to the vehicle, Doris was gone.

The grandmother of seven was lightly clothed and had no supplies or survival gear. Overnight temperatures dipped into the 30s.

After two weeks and no sign of Doris, her family had abandoned hope of her survival and had begun making plans for her memorial service.

But an Oregon State Police trooper and Baker County sheriff's deputy found her after making one last ditch effort to try to find her.  The pair were alerted to something by ravens and then heard Doris' faint voice.

Doris said her memory about what happened during her two weeks alone in the wilderness is limited.  She knows she got lost and that the situation was dangerous.

"I just wandered around out there," she said.  "I found food - huckleberries and stream water.  There were bears and I could tell."

Doctors and physical therapists have marveled at her recovery and her daughter, Barbara Moore, is writing a book about her mother's survival. She has titled her book 'Hidden in the Valley' and hopes to find a publisher soon.

Last month, Moore even retraced her mother's steps and laid down in the spot where her mother was found.

"I always wanted to go to where she was," she said.  "I needed to go there."

"They haven't found anyone who lived whose internal body temperature got that cold," said Moore.  "And we do believe she was just to the point of death."

How Doris survived is a medical mystery, many say. 

"Well, I'll say this," she said.  "I had God and heaven watching over me and leading them to me."

In telling her mother's story, Moore hopes people of all ages will be inspired to live.

"She's free from fear," Moore said.  "And she has the rest of her life ahead of her."

"I am stronger," said Doris.

Doris said her husband feels bad about what happened but she has forgiven him.