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I am an army brat and my parents were stationed in Germany...
In December 1979, after four months in India, I became very sick with amoebic dysentery, food borne hepatitis A, and dengue fever...
I did not wake up for at least a day and maybe two or three days after surgery...
My husband and I were riding our motorcycle when we had a terrible accident...
I was born with a congenital heart defect (DIA), which means there's a hole between the two atria of the heart...
In 2005, I went to the hospital because I tried to drink a cup of coffee and where I thought it was, I couldn’t grab it...
I am recording this experience on behalf of our son, Ben, who shared this NDE with us many times...
I was 16 years old and born into a practicing, Catholic family...
My wife traveled to Atlanta from our home in Maryland to celebrate Thanksgiving with her parents...
I worked on a horse farm as well as having horses at home and being a lifelong rider...
I was 5 years old riding my black pony, named Fireball, with my twin sister, dad, mom and their friend who were watching...
I am driving home from work on a snow-covered highway...
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