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My mom passed away three and a half years prior to when I had this experience...
My husband and I were lying in bed and watching TV...
It was Saturday, January 11, 1986, and winter in Chicago, Illinois...
About a few weeks prior to the near-death experience, I had this feeling that I would die soon...
I had a near death experience 48 years ago and recently relived it in a dream...
The first thing I remember was seeing a huge, round, and colorful opening or pathway...
Although, I don't remember the exact date of my NDE, I remember that I was 21, and I had a 1-1/2 year old little boy...
My experience happened 54 years ago...
The experience is hard to convey into words, so I'll do my best to describe...
Lower back surgery was sceduled for the morning of February 23, 2015...
On 12/04/2020, I underwent surgery to repair an injury to the tendons of my rotator cuff...
I was at the hospital having a sodium blocker test to see what was wrong with my heart...
