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I was standing outside at night with two friends when I suddenly felt faint...
I remember a police officer slapping me across the face, telling me to wake up...
I was walking toward a beautiful, bright, white light...
I lost all bodily strength in an instant...
I was pulled from my body...
I was 16 and with my boyfriend...
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I had an automobile accident while I was driving alone...
I was surfing on a boogie board in Hawaii...
I was swimming in the lake on a very hot summer day (I was not a good swimmer then nor am I now) and I got tired and thought I was close enough to shore that I could stand up but unknown to me there was a very deep drop off...
My appendix ruptured...
The day had been an emotionally difficult one, as my mother had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer...
Michaele S NDE Home Classification NDE 2823 Michaele S NDE 5363 Experience Description I was driving my 9 year old daughter home from the dentist and she was sleeping on the seat beside me...
