ON THIS MORNING IN AUGUST 1982, I WAS DUE AT MY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT AT 6:AM.

AS I LEFT MY HOUSE AND ENTERED MY VEHICLE I FOUND THAT I WAS NOT ALONE.  MY SISTER VELLISHA WAS SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT OF MY CAR.  I FELT IN NO WAY COMPELLED TO QUESTION THIS. I FELT WARM, HAPPY AND COMFORTABLE.  I FELT NO SENSE OF THE STRESS THAT I HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING FOR WEEKS, CAUSED BY THE SERIOUSNESS OF MY SISTER'S CONDITION . VELLISHA HAD BEEN STRUCK BY A VEHICLE WEEKS BEFORE AND HAD BEEN IN A COMA SINCE. WITH EACH PASSING DAY HER CHANCES FOR SURVIVAL DROPPED. AS A FAMILY WE PRAYED, WE OVERLOOKED THE SIGNS THAT SHE WAS GETTING WORSE AND WE DOWNPLAYED THE DIAGNOSIS'S THAT THE DOCTORS WERE TRYING TO MAKE US AWARE OF. 

WE WERE MORE EAGER TO ACCEPT THAT NO MATTER HOW SLIM HER CHANCES OF SURVIVAL WERE, THE CHANCES WERE THERE. IT TOOK APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES FOR ME TO GET TO MY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT. IN MY POSITION AS A MANAGER IT WAS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO OPEN THE BUSINESS.  ABOUT A BLOCK BEFORE I REACHED MY DESTINATION, IT HIT ME LIKE A TON OF BRICKS.  THERE WAS NO POSSIBLE WAY THAT VELLISHA COULD BE IN THAT CAR WITH ME. VELLISHA WAS IN A HOSPITAL BED AN HOUR AWAY FROM ME COMATOSE.  I, ALL AT ONCE WAS CONSUMED WITH FEAR.  THERE WAS NO WAY THAT I COULD TURN MY HEAD IN HER DIRECTION, BECAUSE I KNEW SHE WAS THERE AND MY MIND WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ACCEPT THAT FACT. 

I DROVE QUICKLY IN TO THE PARKING LOT OF MY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT, JUMPED FROM MY CAR AND QUICKLY UNLOCKED THE DOOR AND RUSHED IN.  I TURNED AND RELOCKED THE DOOR. ONLY THEN DID I FEEL SAFE ENOUGH TO SEARCH STRENUOUSLY OUT THE WINDOW OF MY BUSINESS AND INTO MY CAR. I COULDN'T SEE VELLISHA BUT MY MIND WAS SO SURE THAT SHE WAS IN MY CAR THAT I CONTINUED TO SEARCH FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. WHEN IT BECAME LIGHT ENOUGH OUTSIDE FOR ME TO SEE I SEARCHED AGAIN. MY CAR WAS UNOCCUPIED.  I KNEW IT WOULD BE, BECAUSE I COULD NO LONGER FEEL HER PRESENCE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED VELLISHA DIED.

I HAD A VERY HARD TIME DEALING WITH HER DEATH AND ASKED HER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS TO SOMEHOW LET ME KNOW THAT SHE WAS ALRIGHT.  WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF HER DEATH, VELLISHA CAME TO ME IN A DREAM. SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL, THERE WAS LIGHT ALL AROUND HER AND SHE HAD A GORGEOUS WHITE GOWN ON. HER FACE WAS FULL OF LIFE. SHE SMILED AT ME AND TOLD ME NOT TO WORRY SHE WAS HAPPY.  AFTER THIS DREAM, I HAVE NEVER DOUBTED THAT SHE IS AT PEACE. I STILL THINK OF HER OFTEN AND AM SAD THAT WE HAD SO LITTLE TIME TOGETHER.

Any associated medications or substances with the potential to affect the experience?    

No

Was the kind of experience difficult to express in words?

No

What was your level of consciousness and alertness during the experience?           I WAS COMPLETELY AWAKE.

            Was the experience dream like in any way?  

NO

Did you experience a separation of your consciousness from your body?    

No

What emotions did you feel during the experience?           

I FELT COMFORTABLE, WARM, AND SECURE AT FIRST BUT ONCE THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION DAWNED ON ME I WAS VERY SCARED. MY MIND TOLD ME THAT SHE WAS THERE, BUT REALITY TOLD ME THAT SHE COULDN'T BE. BUT REALITY ALSO TOLD ME THAT IF I LOOKED OVER AT HER, MY MIND WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ACCEPT HER PRESENCE.

Did you hear any unusual sounds or noises?          

NO

LOCATION DESCRIPTION:  Did you recognize any familiar locations or any locations from familiar religious teachings or encounter any locations inhabited by incredible or amazing creatures?   

No

Did you see a light?          

Yes

YES BUT ONLY IN MY DREAM

Did you meet or see any other beings?          

Yes

YES, MY SISTER WAS SITTING BESIDE ME.  THERE WAS NO NEED TO TALK. THERE WAS JUST THIS "THAT'S THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSE TO BE.

Did you experiment while out of the body or in another, altered state?

No response

MY SISTER VISITED ME.

Did you observe or hear anything regarding people or events during your experience that could be verified later?         

No

THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND ABOUT IT.  IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE VERIFIED OR PROVEN TO OTHERS. IT WAS JUST BETWEEN MY SISTER AND ME. I EXPERIENCED IT AND I DON'T THINK THAT UNLESS ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCES THE SAME, THEY COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND.

Did you notice how your 5 senses were working, and if so, how were they different?         

No

THOSE THINGS WEREN'T IMPORTANT.

Did you have any sense of altered space or time?  

No

Did you have a sense of knowing, special knowledge, universal order and/or purpose?   

No

AFTER THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE I FELT THAT MY SISTER CARED ENOUGH ABOUT ME TO VISIT WITH ME

Did you reach a boundary or limiting physical structure?            

No

NO, MY SISTER CAME TO ME I DIDN'T GO TO HER.

Did you become aware of future events?      

Yes

I'M SENSITIVE TO MOST PEOPLE AND NO WHEN THEY ARE BEING DISHONEST. I SOMETIMES KNOW WHO IS ON THE PHONE OR WHO IS WALKING INTO OUR HOME MINUTES BEFORE HAND.

Were you involved in or aware of a decision regarding your return to the body?      

No

Did you have any psychic, paranormal or other special gifts following the experience that you did not have prior to the experience?         Yes

ACTUALLY, THERE WERE INCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED THAT I JUST HAD A BAD FEELING ABOUT AND TOOK PRECAUTIONS AGAINST, PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. VELLISHA AND I WERE IN A STATION WAGON, VELLISHA AND ANOTHER LITTLE GIRL WERE SITTING AGAINST THE TAILGATE, I KNEW THAT A CAR WAS GOING TO HIT US AND I MOVED VELLISHA ONTO THE OTHER SIDE OF ME. A CAR DID HIT US AND THE OTHER LITTLE GIRL WAS HURT. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND MYSELF HOW I KNEW SO I COULDN'T TELL THE LITTLE GIRL TO MOVE. NO ONE WOULD BELIEVE ME. I WAS ONLY 10.

Did you have any changes of attitudes or beliefs following the experience?  

Yes

I NO LONGER HAVE ANY DOUBT THAT THERE IS OTHER PLAINES OF LIFE OR PRESENCE.

How has the experience affected your relationships? Daily life? Religious practices? Career choices?      

I KNOW HOW PRECIOUS LIFE IS AND THAT ONE SHOULD MAKE THE BEST OF THE TIME THEY SHARE WITH THE ONES THEY LOVE.

Has your life changed specifically as a result of your experience?        

Uncertain

Have you shared this experience with others?        

Yes

MY FAMILY BELIEVES ME, BECAUSE THEY'VE SHARED THEIR EXPERIENCES AND IT GOES BACK GENERATIONS.

What emotions did you experience following your experience? 

CONFUSED, BECAUSE I FELT THAT SHE WAS TRYING TO RELATE SOMETHING TO ME, BUT I WAS AFRAID SO I JUST COULDN'T GET IT.

What was the best and worst part of your experience?     

THE COMFORTABLE, WARM, WITHOUT A CARE FEELING WAS NICE.