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I fell through a roof...
I’ve always had a memory of this experience, but didn’t know where it came from...
On March 28, 2005, I was overdue to have my son, so I went to the hospital to be induced...
My swimming teacher instructed the class to swim to the other end of the pool with a kickboard and by holding it with one hand...
My NDE took place in 2013, in the hospital...
What happened from my perspective: I was shooting up meth with my boyfriend at the time...
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This happened to me about 4 years ago, so my memory of the day leading up to the event is very foggy...
It started out a night like any other weekend night...
I was surfing in Florida and the waves were around 8 feet high, which is bigger than I am used to surfing...
It was the spring before my 11th birthday...
My mother, Rose G, was in the intensive care unit (ICU) after her spleen ruptured...
This is my best recollection of what I experienced at age 6 when I was drowning in a Wisconsin lake...
