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Prior to the experience, I had a collapsed lung, so the doctors put a chest tube in...
I was alone in a friend's lounge sitting watching the TV, my wife and her sister was in the kitchen chatting...
As far back as I can remember, during my childhood, I was aware that I had lived a life prior to my birth, and knew that I had had a wife and children...
The first thing I remember was seeing a huge, round, and colorful opening or pathway...
I had a near-death experience when I was around the age of 11...
It was a normal day at work...
I started to feel very cold, as if I were having fever chills...
The biggest surprise to me about my OBE was that I could still see and think...
I gave birth to my daughter after a long labor...
Although, I don't remember the exact date of my NDE, I remember that I was 21, and I had a 1-1/2 year old little boy...
I was not living a spiritual life and I had never experienced anything spiritual...
In May of 1974, my husband Dick and I went on a Marriage Encounter weekend...
