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I remember being in a void...
I was born and raised on the South Side of Chicago in the Englewood district...
When I was 3 years old, I knelt by the garden pond and reached for a water lily...
In 1993 I worked in my art studio on the 2nd floor of our house...
I closed my eyes as my essence left my body...
I have been feeling pretty lonely lately, and my friend had been ignoring me frequently, so I confronted her about it over text message...
I was visiting a college friend's home in Kansas...
I was at the beach with my family...
I was standing in the outfield of a baseball game we kids played whenever possible...
I felt myself float out of my body...
PRIOR TO THE EXPERIENCE I was in the midst of another episode of debilitating depression...
I had a complete hysterectomy due to continual cysts, and endometriosis that never ever quit...
