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I felt like I was floating into this light, it was very peaceful calm...
The Harbor...
My Uncle Carl (who had just returned from the Korean War) was living with us and offered to take us children swimming at Percy Quinn State Park, Pike County, Mississippi...
I was chasing after some ducks at a lake...
I was in a large 'shop class' working with wood...
My parents and I went to dinner at our local pizza inn...
My first NDE (accidentally, I have had a couple) occurred when I was a child of seven...
I was coming out of the anesthesia, in a lot of pain and having difficulty breathing, I could hear the monitor beeping and see the clock and bulletin board on the wall, and then the monitor slowed and stopped beeping...
I had been at a party at my boyfriend's house and passed out from a drink one of his friends gave me...
I was at the beach, body surfing for about 30 minutes...
Every time I begin to tell the story one more time I am grasped by the numbness I seem to feel...
Well, I'm not the one who had the NDE, it was my father, but since he doesn't have a computer and he has told me the story many times, I'll tell it to you the best I can...
