It was Thanksgiving night and I was walking to a party. A car pull up along the side of me and a mask guy got out. The only thing I could see was his blue eyes as he put the gun to my head for about thirty seconds. I told him, ‘if you’re gonna shoot, … Read more

It was in September 2009, when I arrived at home from a jogging run. I was completely frozen because it was so cold outside. I was in the process of starting a fire in our fireplace, when my baggy jogging pants caught fire. With a slight trace of irritation for my inattention, I tried to … Read more

I saw and heard my husband cry and did not understand the reason. For me, everything was going to pass and I was well. I said to him: ‘Manuel, I’m well! It’s over!’ He didn’t hear me. I insisted. He went to grab the device to measure the blood pressure, put it on my arm … Read more

It was a warm summer day around 3:00 PM. My cousin Troy and I were goofing off as kids usually do. We took our grandmother’s four-wheeler out for a ride on her farm. For a couple hours we were having fun, but it took a turn for the worse when we became reckless. At the … Read more

I was bike riding with my sister and a friend. I fell off the bike and fractured my skull. I died several times on the way to the hospital and was in a coma for a week. The experience does not translate into language. It is an experience that we will all get to in … Read more

When I was six years old, my neighbor took me to Sunday school at church. I could not understand what the teacher was saying because she had a heavy accent and I did not know how to read yet. But the brightly colored learning material caught my attention. I remembered in class that when I … Read more

After high school, I went to work in a coal mine in Chukotka, Russia. [Chukotka is a province in Russia that is furthest East and North, actually in the Western Hemisphere, located along the Bering Strait.] In the coal mine there was a lot of dust from the rock and a lot of heavy lifting … Read more

I was picking up my daughter from school. While I was walking there, I dropped to the floor. I was having a heart attack! I was walking in a pretty populous area, so there were many people around. However, no one seemed to do anything. A few younger boys walked by, and just watched as … Read more

At the age of 5 I strayed away from home. Then I got caught in a thunderstorm and drenched. Soon after, I developed such a severe earache that I cried throughout a childrens’ party. I remember having to lay my head down on a table on the afflicted side for comfort. I was taken home … Read more

While resting on my bed, I was surprised to be looking down on myself from the upper part of the roof. I was floating above my body and at first, I didn’t recognize it. At first, I thought: ‘Who was I observing?’ Because of this my body seemed very strange. Then I heard a voice … Read more