When I was around 2 or 3 I got out of my crib, my parents were still sleeping and I took some cleaning products from the kitchen.  My mother woke up and saw me laying on the floor unconscious.  She call the ambulance and they took me to the hospital and cleaned my stomach.  I do not recall that NDE, but the doctor told my mother that it was a matter of minutes for almost losing me. That happened in an army base in Panama City.

When we returned to Puerto Rico, while enjoying a beach day, I went in the beach and suddenly my legs paralyzed.  I laid at the floor of the beach for 3 or 5 minutes.  I remember this experience because I was 11.  I was desperate trying to reach for air, I try to hold my arm up in case someone could see me.  I know how desperate a person feels when he is drowning.  Suddenly I felt a calmness over me.  I saw through the water a vision of my family at my funeral crying.  I did not want to die at that time.  I start praying Our Father and ask God to let me live because I want to be a wife and a mother.  Suddenly a force pushed me up and I was walking again.  My aunts and parents saw me and ran towards me.  They did not know where was I.  I was sick for over a week because of all the water I swallowed.

When I was around 21 I drove my mother to her bus stop and told her that I was very happy but that I had a feeling that something was going to happen that day.  I got to the highway and driving my first car, new.  All of a sudden the car stopped and I try to get next to the division of the highway to get off so people could see me since they drive more than 80 mph at that highway.  Before getting out a "voice" told me to look at my mirror and stay in the car.  What I saw was a small car coming that had time to avoid me.  But after the small car was a pick up truck that was going approximately 90 mph and did not have time to stop and hit me.  At that time there were no seat belts.  My car spent a couple of times and the whole back window was gone all over me.  The car was total loss and the rear end disappeared..  When the police and a lady got me out they thought I was dead or injured.  I did not have one single rash or injury.

I had a scary experience with a man that lived near my home when I was 20.  He got in my room around 3 am with a gun and a mask and told me to not scream because he would killed me.  He had rapped other women in the neighborhood before.  When he opened my door something awoke me so because of that I did scream as loud as I could and he left with my purse.  My parents were at my grandfather's rosary so me and my siblings were alone that night.  I am sure that my guardian angel or a spirit awoke me that night.

Yes, I got married and had twin girls.  My twin girls, now 31 have been my teachers and have gone through a lot of pain and suffering.  Sometimes I wonder if that was the lesson I needed when I ask for children.

I know there is life after life. 

At the time of your experience was there an associated life-threatening event?   Yes   Drowning and poison and car wreck.

Was the experience difficult to express in words?....No....

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness?....Normal consciousness and alertness    While seeing the vision under water.....

Please compare your vision during the experience to your everyday vision that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience.    Normal

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience.    Normal

Did you see or hear any earthly events that were occurring during a time that your consciousness / awareness was apart from your physical / earthly body?    No  

What emotions did you feel during the experience?....Fear, peace.  

Did you pass into or through a tunnel?....No....

Did you see an unearthly light?....No....

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice?....I encountered a definite being, or a voice clearly of mystical or unearthly origin    A presence

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased (or alive) beings?....No   

Did you become aware of past events in your life during your experience?....No....

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world?....No....

Did time seem to speed up or slow down?....Everything seemed to be happening at once; or time stopped or lost all meaning....

Did you suddenly seem to understand everything?....No....

Did you reach a boundary or limiting physical structure?....No....

Did you come to a border or point of no return?....No....

Did scenes from the future come to you?....Scenes from my personal future....

Did you have a sense of knowing special knowledge or purpose?....No....

Discuss any changes that might have occurred in your life after your experience:....Large changes in my life........

Did you have any changes in your values or beliefs after the experience that occurred as a result of the experience?    Yes     More humble, more loving.

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience?....Yes     Sense the feelings of people.

Have you ever shared this experience with others?   Yes  

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience?....No    

What did you believe about the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened:....Experience was definitely real   

What do you believe about the reality of your experience at the current time:....Experience was definitely real....

Have your relationships changed specifically as a result of your experience?....Yes....Forgiving

Have your religious beliefs/spiritual practices changed specifically as a result of your experience?....Yes    Less judgmental

At any time in your life, has anything ever reproduced any part of the experience?....No