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The last thing I remembered, I was sitting in my hospital room, recovering from the birth of my second child, a daughter. It was February, 1971. After a long, difficult delivery my husband and parents had gone home to rest. The baby was in the hospital nursery. I was ready to sleep too. Then my back started to hurt. I told the nurse when she came to check on me and then\u2026<\/p>\n

How could I explain it? More nurses rushed in. One said the word \u201chemorrhage.\u201d<\/p>\n

The next thing I knew I was weightless, floating around as if on a cloud. I was happy. My soul was filled with a marvelous peace<\/a> I was sure no human had ever experienced. Not on earth, at least. Lord, where am I?<\/em><\/p>\n

But I already knew. There was no place on earth that felt this good. I had to be in heaven. How wonderful<\/em>, I thought, to feel this way forever!<\/em><\/p>\n

I drifted happily, imagining a perfect future stretching out before me. Then my thoughts began to stray. I had a lot of people I loved back on earth. People who loved me too. Like my parents. Lord, it will be really hard on them to lose a child. <\/em>But I had brothers and a sister who would be with my parents to help and support them. Together the family could come to terms with my death. Eventually they would learn to be happy again\u2026<\/p>\n

Once more I drifted, relishing the sensation of a world without cares or sorrow. I also became aware of another sensation, a soft touch on my head, gentle and soothing. An image of my husband rose up before me. James. Lord, it will be really hard on him to lose his wife<\/em>, I thought. But James was young, I told myself. He was a good man. He would find new love. Find a helper, a partner. Someone to depend on. He\u2019ll find happiness again.<\/em><\/p>\n

Happiness was all around me<\/a> now, filling my heart, lifting me higher. Nothing could compare to how loved I felt. How perfectly happy. The gentle touch on my head continued. Now I could identify it. Someone was playing with my hair, stroking the strands. I\u2019d done the same to my daughter many times as we sat together, or when I read her a story before bed\u2026<\/p>\n

My daughter! <\/em>I saw both my children clearly before me. Melissa, two and a half, and her little sister, Teresa, not even a day old. I immediately felt something other than joy. Lord, my children. Who will teach them? Who will tell them about you and your love?<\/em><\/p>\n

I tried to imagine someone\u2014anyone\u2014loving my children as much as I did and I couldn’t. I didn\u2019t want to leave them. Not for anything. Not even for heaven. \u201cPlease let me go back,\u201d I said. No voice replied, but words appeared before me, as if projected on a screen: \u201cAsk and it shall be given.\u201d<\/p>\n

A moment later I was somewhere else. Back in my body. It was as if someone had laid me down gently, holding my head and my feet, like laying a baby in a crib. The delicious sensations of heaven were replaced by the scratchy sheets of a hospital bed. I heard people around me. A doctor, the nurses. \u201cYou lost a lot of blood,\u201d the doctor said. \u201cLost consciousness. We\u2019ve been giving you transfusions.\u201d<\/p>\n

The doctor packed me in bandages until the hemorrhaging stopped. By the time my parents and James rushed back to the hospital<\/a> I was doing better. Luckily I didn\u2019t need surgery. The baby and I were able to go home in a couple of days.<\/p>\n

When my mom came to visit, I was still very weak and anemic from the blood loss. But I had no complaints. \u201cThat night, after we left, I called the hospital to ask how you were doing,\u201d Mom said. \u201cI called just as everything was happening…\u201d<\/p>\n

It was hard to imagine so much going on while I was floating on a cloud of peace. I was only unconscious for about 15 minutes, but my memories of the experience were incredibly vivid. I hadn\u2019t told anyone about my experience. It was too hard to describe. Besides, what if James or my parents thought I imagined it?<\/p>\n

\u201cWilma,\u201d Mom said. \u201cI called the hospital after we left because I knew something had happened. I wasn\u2019t going to tell you, but\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTell me what?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw you in your hospital room,\u201d she said. \u201cIn a vision. The doctors were working on you. And there was someone else there. An angel.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou had a vision? Of me?\u201d I said. \u201cYou saw an angel in my room?\u201d Mom nodded. \u201cThe angel was standing at the head of your bed. She was playing with your hair.\u201d<\/p>\n

I felt a tingle on my scalp where the angel\u2019s fingers had been. \u201cThe angel took her hand and ran it under you from the top of your head down to your feet. I saw everything so clearly. Watching her I was afraid. I was sure she was taking you to heaven.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, Mom,\u201d I said. \u201cWhat you saw was the angel bringing me back.\u201d One day I\u2019d return to that glorious place, I knew. Until then, I would be the best mother I could be. I had a new baby and a toddler. When they got older I would teach them about angels. I knew just where to start. With my very own guardian.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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