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I was to have a D&C (dilation and curettage) after a miscarriage...
The first time: I was a little over four years old at the time...
I was in the backyard getting jumped by my brothers for the millionth time (they may consider it playing, but I considered it me getting jumped)...
At first I was floating, surrounded by a very white and brilliant light, and as I descended I noticed that the white light was not just light: there were very, very white clouds which I was passing through...
At age seven, while swimming (I had not really learned yet) in a motel swimming pool, I found I could not get my head above water...
Jose MO NDE Home Classification NDE 1682 José MO NDE 3653 Experience Description My brother and I were in my bedroom watching a movie we were really enjoying...
I found myself outside my body...
After being sent to the hospital, my body felt peaceful and amazing...
I have been snowboarding since I was 12 and have always enjoyed the extreme jumps on the mountains...
My kindergarten class was on an outing to a local state park where we swam in a shallow tidal pool and played on the beach...
I left my body completely...
I was over at my cousin's house for a pool party; I remember everything that happened so vividly...
