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I was swimming in the lake on a very hot summer day (I was not a good swimmer then nor am I now) and I got tired and thought I was close enough to shore that I could stand up but unknown to me there was a very deep drop off...
I had just ran up the driveway after my son and I had placed a new mailbox in the ground...
I awoke to find myself floating above the operating room table where I was, all the doctors were working on me...
I was clinically dead for approximately 2 minutes according to first responders & my medical records...
Following an accident it is difficult to pin down exactly when during the following week that I had the experience, as I was in surgery much and also in an Coma for the following week...
I was in deep and complete unconsciousness...
I was doing back flips in the gym and asked my friend to spot me...
My journey to understand God began in the rugged environment of a Texas childhood that was filled with 'rattlesnakes, tornadoes, and hellfire-and-damnation...
I was downtown Denver and came across a dude who thought I stole his skateboard...
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I was at the beach...
This was an extreme abuse scene with the perpetrator in control...
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We were preparing for a long family journey to join my family in New Caledonia...
