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In 1980, when I was 31 years old, I lost my 5 month old son in the womb...
While suffering with a bad case of the flu, I was lying on the couch when suddenly everything went black...
I was a Deputy Sheriff responding to an active shooter...
I had lymph node cancer...
I only remember that I was lying on the bed while he was strangling me...
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I was in school, skipping class with two of my friends by hiding in the bathroom waiting for teachers to leave the hallway...
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I was in a very well-lit place together with other persons in a festive and joyful atmosphere...
Because of the prolonged care of my former partner, I was on the edge of exhaustion...
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I had been married for only a year and was about 5-1/2 months pregnant with my first child...
Months prior to my experience, I had gone through an abortion...
I began the morning throwing up in the toilet...
I carried my child several weeks post-term, so labor was induced...
