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I’ve always had a memory of this experience, but didn’t know where it came from...
It was the morning of 02/15/2020...
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...
I was drinking vodka straight out of the bottle...
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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...
I was pregnant with twins...
For years, I was an obnoxiously militant atheist...
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That evening, my mother-in-law and her mother were over at my house with my husband and new, baby son...
My mother, Rose G, was in the intensive care unit (ICU) after her spleen ruptured...
I was age 19 and at an ex-boyfriend's house...
I was a machine operator responsible for running and operating a thermoformer or press that makes bubble wrap...
