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At first, I felt uncomfortable and painful...
I was little at the time, I think 9 or 10, but I could have been younger...
I awoke in the light, experiencing all the emotions I had caused others to feel in my life here...
I was chasing after some ducks at a lake...
I had been at a party at my boyfriend's house and passed out from a drink one of his friends gave me...
Every time I begin to tell the story one more time I am grasped by the numbness I seem to feel...
I had gotten to the top of the stairs and put my hand on the door knob...
I was accosted, stabbed repeatedly and shot twice in the spine...
Some time after I went 'under' for the surgery, 'I' experienced a focused perception of being both just above and out of my body...
When I was about five, I went with my family to Duluth where we stayed at the Holiday Inn...
A spike in blood pressure caused a blood vessel to burst in my nose...
I was shown my newborn baby boy - felt love for him - then I blacked out...
