You Can't Control The Soul

by DIANA FORMISANO WILLETT

Overview

 After the death of Diana’s husband Brad, there have been strange occurrences in her home. Apparitions, orbs and spirits have continued to come into her home since the death of her husband in 2005. These occurrences have compelled Diana to write this book and convey to everyone that there is life after death and that love continues even after physical death.

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ISBN-13:	9781452501192
Publisher:	Balboa Press
Publication date:	01/03/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	108
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You Can't Control The Soul

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By Diana Formisano Willett

Balboa Press

Copyright © 2010 Diana Formisano Willett
All right reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-4525-0118-5

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Chapter One

NEAR DROWNING

I WAS A LITTLE GIRL LIVING IN NEW YORK CITY IN THE YEAR 1960. MY FATHER WORKED AS A STATIONARY ENGINEER AT A HOSPITAL IN THE BRONX CALLED BRONX LEBANON HOSPITAL. MY FATHER WORKED THE NIGHT SHIFT 11 PM TO 7 AM IN THE BOILER ROOM OF THE HOSPITAL. HE WORKED THE NIGHT SHIFT SO HE WOULD BE ABLE TO BE HOME TO TAKE CARE OF ME DURING THE DAY WHILE MY MOTHER WORKED AS A FILE CLERK AT A COMPANY IN NEW YORK CALLED JOE LOWE CORPORATION. THIS COMPANY EVENTUALLY MOVED TO NEW JERSEY. JOE LOWE CORPORATION MANUFACTURED ICE POPS. NEW YORK CITY WAS A VERY VIBRANT TOWN WHEN I WAS GROWING UP. I HAD MANY FRIENDS AT SCHOOL AND ACHIEVED AN EXCELLENT GRADE AVERAGE AT THE SCHOOL I WENT TO IN NEW YORK. THE SCHOOL WAS ST. CATHERINE OF GENOA IN NEW YORK CITY TAUGHT BY OUR LADY OF MERCY NUNS. ONE DAY AT SCHOOL I WAS OUTSIDE TALKING TO MY GIRLFRIENDS AND THE BOYS WERE PLAYING BASEBALL. I GOT HIT BY A BALL RIGHT IN THE FACE. MY NOSE STARTED TO BLEED AND THE NUN THOUGHT MY EYE WAS BLEEDING. SHE IMMEDIATELY TOOK ME INSIDE THE SCHOOL AND WASHED MY FACE TO SEE IF I WAS ALRIGHT. THE PRINCIPAL SISTER UNA CALLED MY FATHER AND LET HIM KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AND THAT I WAS GOING HOME. INSTEAD, I WENT TO MY GIRLFRIEND'S HOUSE WHERE HER MOTHER HELPED ME CLEAN MY CLOTHES BECAUSE THEY WERE COVERED WITH BLOOD. I CALLED MY FATHER AT HER HOUSE AND HE WAS WORRIED ABOUT ME AND TOLD ME TO COME RIGHT HOME IMMEDIATELY. WHEN MY MOTHER ARRIVED HOME FROM WORK SHE CALLED MY FRIEND'S MOTHER AND THANKED HER FOR HELPING ME.

MY PARENTS WERE QUITE STRICT WITH BRINGING ME UP AND I WAS TO ALWAYS CONDUCT MYSELF IN A PROPER WAY IN MY HOME. I ATTENDED CATHOLIC SCHOOLS AND DID VERY WELL THERE AND RECEIVED EXCELLENT GRADES. THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL WAS ST. CATHERINE OF GENOA AND MY HIGH SCHOOL WAS ST. CATHERINE'S ACADEMY. I GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL AT ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL IN NEW YORK CITY. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL CHURCH! TO CELEBRATE MY GRADUATION WE ALL WENT TO MAMA'S LEONE'S RESTAURANT IN DOWNTOWN NEW YORK. THEY GAVE EVERYONE ENORMOUS PLATES OF FOOD AND OF COURSE WE TOOK HALF OF THE FOOD HOME.

THIS NEAR DROWNING INCIDENT TOOK PLACE IN AUGUST OF 1960. I WAS INVITED TO GO TO A PRIVATE POOL IN UPTOWN NEW YORK CITY WITH A BUNCH OF KIDS. I HAD TO RETURN BOTTLES AT A LOCAL GROCERY STORE TO GET ENOUGH MONEY TO GO WITH THEM AS YOU HAD TO PAY TO GET INTO THE POOL AREA. THIS ONE BOY WHO WAS ABOUT 16 YEARS OLD LIKED ME AND TOLD ME THAT IF I GO TO THE POOL HE WOULD WATCH OUT FOR ME. I TOLD HIM I COULD NOT SWIM AND HE SAID THAT'S OK I WILL PUT YOU ON MY SHOULDERS AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO INTO THE WATER. I SAID OK AND PROCEEDED TO GO WITH HIM SINCE MY FATHER SAID IT WAS FINE. WE WENT ON THE BUS TO THE POOL AND I PROCEEDED TO PUT MY BATHING SUIT ON IN THE LOCKER. WHEN I CAME OUT HE PUT ME ON HIS SHOULDERS AND HE WAS WALKING AROUND IN THE POOL. ALL OF A SUDDEN SOMEONE FROM BEHIND PUSHED HIM DOWN AND I FELL TO THE BOTTOM OF THE POOL. I GOT UP AND TURNED AROUND AND I SAW A HAND COMING DOWN IN THE WATER GESTURING FOR ME TO TAKE THIS HAND. I GRASPED THIS HAND AND IT PULLED ME UP WITH SUCH FORCE THAT THE WATER WAS GUSHING INTO MY FACE. I CLOSED MY EYES AND TRUSTED THIS HAND OR PERSON TO HELP ME. WHEN THE PULLING STOPPED I FOUND MYSELF AT THE EDGE OF THE POOL SAFE. I PULLED MYSELF UP FROM THE EDGE OF THIS POOL AND SAW THAT KID THAT BROUGHT ME TO THIS POOL LAUGHING WITH HIS FRIENDS. I TOLD HIM WERE YOU THE ONE THAT PULLED ME UP AND HE SAID NO – WE WERE ALL LOOKING FOR YOU. WHERE DID YOU GO? I IMMEDIATELY WENT HOME AND WAITED FOR MY MOTHER TO COME HOME. I TOLD HER THE ENTIRE STORY AND SHE TOLD MY FATHER WHEN HE GOT UP FOR WORK WHAT HAD HAPPENED. THE NEXT DAY MY FATHER WENT LOOKING FOR THIS KID AND HE FOUND HIM OUTSIDE ONE OF THE APARTMENT BUILDINGS JUST HANGING AROUND. MY FATHER APPROACHED HIM AND WAS VERY ANGRY AND TOLD HIM "DID YOU TRY AND DROWN MY DAUGHTER? YOU STAY AWAY FROM HER DO YOU HEAR ME"! HE NEVER BOTHERED ME AGAIN.

THERE WERE MANY INCIDENCES IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I WITNESSED AS A YOUNG GIRL GROWING UP IN WASHINGTON HEIGHTS. ACROSS THE STREET FROM 9 FORT WASHINGTON AVENUE WAS A HOTEL. I USED TO PLAY OUTSIDE THE APARTMENT HOUSE WITH MY FRIENDS AFTER SCHOOL. I SOMETIMES SAW A BLACK MAN OUTSIDE THIS HOTEL. HE WAS ALWAYS DRUNK. AT ONE POINT HE CREATED A DISTURBANCE OUTSIDE THIS HOTEL AND THE NEW YORK POLICE WERE CALLED IN. THEY TOLD THIS MAN TO LEAVE THE AREA AND HE REFUSED. ALL OF A SUDDEN I SAW ONE POLICE OFFICER HIT THIS MAN OVER THE HEAD WITH HIS STICK. BLOOD WAS GUSHING ALL OVER THE STREET. I WAS JUST ABOUT TO FAINT AND IMMEDIATELY I RAN INTO MY APARTMENT HOUSE. WHAT A TERRIBLE THING FOR ME TO SEE!

THERE WAS ANOTHER INCIDENT IN MY APARTMENT BUILDING LOBBY. THERE WAS A SPANISH MAN WHO LIVED WITH HIS FAMILY IN THE APARTMENT BUILDING. I KNEW HIM VERY WELL. HE HAD EPILEPSY AND COULD NOT WORK. HE WAS STANDING IN THE LOBBY WHEN I CAME DOWNSTAIRS TO PLAY. I SAID HELLO TO HIM AND HE DID NOT ANSWER ME. I WONDERED WHAT IS WRONG WITH HIM! ALL OF A SUDDEN HE FELL TO THE FLOOR HAVING A FIT. ANOTHER NEIGHBOR RAN OVER AND PUT SOMETHING IN HIS MOUTH SO HE WOULD NOT BITE HIS TONGUE. WHAT A DAY I WILL NEVER FORGET!

I WAS TRYING TO SELL RAFFLE TICKETS FOR THE CHURCH. I WENT TO THE HOTEL ACROSS FROM MY APARTMENT HOUSE. I WAS A LITTLE SCARED TO GO IN THERE MYSELF BUT I TOOK THE CHANCE. I KNOCKED ON ONE DOOR AND SOME WOMAN TOLD ME TO COME IN. I OPENED THE DOOR AND SAW A WOMAN SITTING NEXT TO HER DRESSER. I LOOKED AT HER LEGS AND FEET THEY WERE EXTREMELY SWOLLEN AND SHE KEPT SAYING WHO IS IT? WHO IS IT? I GOT SO SCARED AND RAN OUT. THIS WOMAN WAS BLIND AND DISABLED. I THINK SHE WAS A DIABETIC BUT I JUST GOT SO SCARED I NEVER WENT INTO THE HOTEL AGAIN.

I ALSO REMEMBER AN INCIDENT THAT ALMOST COST MY MOTHER AND ME OUR LIVES. WE LIVE IN AN OLD FASHION APARTMENT HOUSE IN NEW YORK CITY. THE ADDRESS WAS 9 FORT WASHINGTON AVENUE IN NEW YORK CITY. WE LIVED ON THE SECOND FLOOR. WE HAD AN OLD FASHIONED REFRIGERATOR IN THE KITCHEN THAT WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. MY MOTHER TOLD THE LANDLORD ABOUT IT AND SHE DID NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE SITUATION TO GET US A NEW REFRIGERATOR. MY FATHER WORKED THE NIGHT SHIFT AT THE BRONX LEBANON HOSPITAL SO ME AND MY MOTHER WERE HOME ALONE IN THE EVENING. WE BOTH WENT TO BED. MY MOTHER SLEPT ON THE PULL OUT COUCH IN THE LIVING ROOM AND I SLEPT IN A SMALL BEDROOM DOWN THE HALL NEAR THE ENTRANCE DOOR. I GOT UP IN THE NIGHT AND I SMELLED A HORRIBLE SPELL THAT CAUSED ME TO START CHOKING. I RAN TO THE COUCH WHERE MY MOTHER WAS SLEEPING AND SHE DID NOT GET UP. SHE WAS FAST ASLEEP AND SHE WAS SNORING. I IMMEDIATELY WOKE HER UP AND TOLD HER TO GET OUT OF THE APARTMENT. THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG. WE WERE BOTH CHOKING AND WE SMELLED A HORRIBLE ODOR COMING FROM THE KITCHEN. THE OLD REFRIGERATOR WAS PUTTING OUT AN AMMONIA GAS SMELL THAT WAS CHOKING US TO DEATH. WE CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FROM A FRIEND'S APARTMENT NEXT DOOR AND WE CALLED MY FATHER. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME WITH A HACKETT AND BROKE THE FRONT DOOR AND THE WINDOWS. THE APARTMENT WAS NOW A TERRIBLE MESS. I SAVED MY MOTHER'S LIFE THAT NIGHT. THANK GOD I WAS THERE TO HELP HER.

I KEEP THINKING ABOUT THAT DAY THAT I ALMOST DROWN. I GUESS GOD OR SOME ANGEL SAVED MY LIFE IN THIS POOL. MY MOTHER SAID IT WAS A GUARDIAN ANGEL WHO HELPED ME. NOW I REALLY BELIEVE THIS BASED ON THE EXPERIENCES I WILL HAVE IN MY ADULT LIFE. I CONTINUED TO STAY IN NEW YORK CITY GOING TO SCHOOL AND DOING QUITE WELL. WHEN I GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL I WANTED TO BE A NURSE AND GOT ACCEPTED TO BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO PURSUE A NURSING DEGREE. I WAS GOING TO TRAIN AT JACOB I HOSPITAL IN THE BRONX. I RECEIVED MY COURSES THAT WERE ANATOMY, PHYSICS, NURSING, GYM, ETC. I THEN DECIDED NOT TO PURSUE NURSING AT THIS TIME AND I SWITCHED TO BUSINESS INSTEAD. MY FATHER WAS VERY ANGRY BUT GOT OVER IT. I GOT A BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DEGREE FROM BERNARD BARUCH COLLEGE IN 1974. WHILE GOING TO SCHOOL IN DOWNTOWN NEW YORK WERE BARUCH COLLEGE WAS SITUATED I OBTAINED NUMEROUS PART TIME JOBS TO PAY FOR MY COLLEGE EXPENSES. I WORKED AT CROWN PUBLISHING COMPANY IN NEW YORK CITY AND KURTS. ALDER CORPORATION WHO IMPORTED CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS FROM ITALY AND GERMANY. I WORKED AT QUANTUM SCIENCE CORPORATION AS A GIRL FRIDAY FOR ONE OF THE MANAGERS THERE. THESE JOBS WERE GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR ME WHILE I WAS STILL IN SCHOOL. WHILE STUDYING AT BARUCH COLLEGE MY MOTHER FOUND OUT SHE HAD BREAST CANCER. IT ALL STARTED BY HER TAKING A SHOWER AND FINDING A LUMP ON HER RIGHT BREAST. SHE FAINTED IN THE BATHROOM WHEN SHE DISCOVERED THE LUMP. I REMEMBER HER TELLING ME AND MY FATHER ABOUT IT AND WE MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH OUR FAMILY DOCTOR. HE RECOMMENDED A MAMMOGRAM AND THIS WAS DONE AT COLUMBIA PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL. THE NEXT DAY THE HOSPITAL CALLED AND THEY WANTED TO DO A BIOPSY OF THIS LUMP. WE GOT THE BIOPSY SCHEDULED AND WE WERE WAITING FOR THE RESULTS. THEY TOLD US SHE HAD A CANCER. THEY OPERATED AND DID A MODIFIED RADICAL MASTECTOMY. THE CANCER DID NOT REACH THE LYMPH NODES SO SHE DID NOT NEED ANY TYPE OF RADIATION OR CHEMOTHERAPY. WE CAUGHT THIS IN TIME. THANK GOD.

I GRADUATED AND GOT A JOB NEAR MY HOME AT COLUMBIA PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL FOR A CARDIOLOGIST. DR. J. THOMAS BIGGER WAS MY BOSS AT COLUMBIA. HE WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE CARDIAC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AND DID A LOT OF RESEARCH FOR THE NIH. HE WAS INVOLVED WITH GRANTS FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND I HELPED HIM WITH HIS DAILY WORK CHORES AND TO APPLY FOR THESE GRANTS. I MET A LOT OF LOVELY DOCTORS AT COLUMBIA. TO THIS DAY IT IS A GREAT HOSPITAL.

WHEN I GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE MY MOTHER TOOK ME ON A TRIP TO FLORIDA. WE WERE IN THE AIRPORT WHERE I MET A VERY HANDSOME MAN FROM COLUMBIA, SOUTH AMERICA. HE TOOK MY NAME AND ADDRESS AND STARTED TO WRITE TO ME. THESE LETTERS WERE IN SPANISH. MY MOTHER WOULD GO TO THE TRAVEL AGENCY ACROSS THE STREET AND HAVE THESE LETTERS INTERPRETED IN ENGLISH WITHOUT ME KNOWING. THE GIRL AT THE TRAVEL AGENCY WANTED TO KNOW WHO IS YOUR DAUGHTER? THE THINGS THIS MAN IS SAYING ABOUT HER SHE MUST BE BEAUTIFUL! I GOT REALLY MAD AT MY MOTHER FOR OPENING UP MY LETTERS. I DECIDED TO CALL JULIO UP AT HIS HOME IN NEW JERSEY. ANOTHER MAN ANSWERED AND TOLD ME JULIO WAS IN COLUMBIA. AFTER THAT CALL I GOT A TERRIBLE LETTER FROM JULIO. HE SAID HE COULD NOT CONTINUE WITH THIS AND THE BEST OF LUCK. WELL, I WAS SO UPSET I WAS CRYING AND CRYING OVER HIM. I DECIDED TO TAKE A CRUISE TO SEE IF I COULD FIND ANOTHER MAN. SO I DECIDED TO GO ON A SINGLES CRUISE ON THE ROTTERDAM ONE OF HOLLAND AMERICA'S LINE CRUISE SHIPS. I GOT MY TICKET AND MY MOTHER TOOK ME TO THE PIER. SHE SAW THE PEOPLE GOING ON THE SHIP AND SAID, "DIANA, I DON'T SEE ANY YOUNG GUYS ON THIS CRUISE. THE ONLY THING I SEE ARE PEOPLE WITH THEIR FAMILIES. I HOPE YOU CAN FINE SOME NICE GUY?" WELL, I PROCEEDED TO GO ON THE SHIP AND GO TO MY CABIN WHICH WAS AN INSIDE CABIN. I WAS NOT EXPERIENCED IN GETTING A COMFORTABLE CABIN AND BELIEVE YOU ME THIS WAS NOT ONE OF THEM. IT WAS A VERY SMALL CABIN AND THE BATHROOM WAS RIDICULOUS. YOU COULD HARDLY GET INTO THE SHOWER AND WHEN THE SHIP WAS GOING FAST I COULDN'T EVEN HOLD ON TO TAKE A SHOWER. WOW – WHAT A CABIN. I PAID A TRAVEL AGENCY QUITE A LOT OF MONEY FOR THIS TINY CABIN WHICH WAS IN THE BACK OF THE SHIP. WHEN I TOLD BRAD – MY FUTURE HUSBAND ABOUT THE PRICE I PAID HE SAID I WAS TAKEN. HE PAID ALMOST HALF BUT OF COURSE HIS CABIN WAS FOR TWO PEOPLE AND HE HAD A OCEAN VIEW ROOM. I JOINED THIS SINGLE CRUISE AND MET THE PEOPLE I WAS TO SPEND TIME WITH ON THE CRUISE AT A COCKTAIL PARTY ON THE SHIP. ONE WOMAN THAT WAS ON THE SINGLE CRUISE WAS LILLIAN. SHE HAD TWO FRIENDS WHO CAME ON THE SHIP AND THIS WAS BRAD AND HIS GIRLFRIEND NAMED MARIE. BRAD AND MARIE WOULD COME OVER TO OUR DINING ROOM AFTER DINNER AND TALK TO LILLIAN AND THIS IS WHERE I MET BRAD. BRAD WILL BE MY FUTURE HUSBAND! I GOT EXTREMELY SEASICK ON THE CRUISE SHIP AND WENT TO THE MEDICAL OFFICE TO GET SOME DRAMAMINE. I TOOK THESE PILLS AND FELL ASLEEP AND SLEPT ALL DAY. I REMEMBER BRAD KNOCKING ON MY DOOR IN THE EVENING BEFORE I HAD TO GO HOME THE NEXT DAY. I WAS SO TIRED I COULD NOT GET UP. BRAD GOT MY NUMBER AND CALLED ME WHEN I ARRIVED HOME THE NEXT DAY. I TOOK A NAP AT HOME AND MY MOTHER CALLED ME AND WOKE ME UP TO SAY SOMEONE WAS ON THE PHONE FOR ME BY THE NAME OF BRAD. I ASKED BRAD HOW DID YOU GET MY NUMBER? HE SAID HE HAD WAYS OF GETTING MY NUMBER. WOW I THOUGHT HE MUST BE VERY SMART. WE WENT TO AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT IN NEW YORK CITY CALLED ORSINIS. THERE WE SAW LISA MINELLI AND THE DESIGNER HALSTON SITTING AT A TABLE ALONG WITH A FAMOUS RUSSIAN MALE BALLET DANCER. EVERYTHING ON THE MENU WAS ALA CARTE. THE MEAL WAS QUITE EXPENSIVE BUT IT WAS WELL WORTH IT. THE DATE WAS NOVEMBER 1978. I MET BRAD'S WHOLE FAMILY IN CONNECTICUT. HIS MOTHER KAY, HIS SISTER AND BROTHER IN LAW DAWN AND JIM. HIS MOTHER WAS DIVORCED FROM BRAD'S FATHER WHEN BRAD AND HIS SISTER DAWN WERE YOUNG KIDS. BRAD HAD IT HARD GROWING UP. HIS MOTHER KEPT MOVING FROM CITY TO CITY AND FINALLY THEY HAD TO EAT PRETZELS FOR BREAKFAST IN THE PARK UNTIL HIS MOTHER FOUND A JOB. HIS SISTER DAWN STAYED WITH HER GRANDMOTHER IN CONNECTICUT. I ALSO MEET HIS AUNTS AND UNCLES, HIS CHILDREN - MELISSA AND KRISTEN WHO LIVED WITH THEIR MOTHER IN WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT. BRAD GOT DIVORCED BECAUSE HIS EX-WIFE WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH HIS BUSINESS PARTNER AT HIS BUSINESS CALLED RYAN STATIONERS AND THE OFFICE FURNITURE CENTER IN WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT. IT WAS VERY HARD FOR MY HUSBAND TO LEAVE HIS HOME AND LOOSE HIS BUSINESS BECAUSE OF THIS TERRIBLE DIVORCE SITUATION. HE RECORDED HIS EX-WIFE'S CONVERSATIONS WITH HER BOYFRIEND WHEN MY HUSBAND WAS WORKING. THIS VERIFIED THE FACT THAT THEY WERE HAVING AN AFFAIR. BRAD WAS ABLE TO DO THIS BECAUSE HE WAS EXCELLENT IN ELECTRONICS AND EVEN WORKED AT CHANNEL 8 IN NEW HAVEN AND WORKED IN NEW YORK CITY TRAINING TO BE A CAMERAMAN. I ALWAYS TOLD HIM YOU SHOULD HAVE STAYED IN THIS FIELD AND NOT BUY YOUR UNCLE'S STORE. WHAT A MISTAKE THAT WAS! SO, MY HUSBAND GOT HIS DIVORCE AND MOVED INTO AN APARTMENT IN WEST HAVEN. THIS IS THE TIME I MET BRAD WHEN HE WAS DIVORCED FOR ABOUT 4 YEARS. HE HAD A NICE APARTMENT IN WEST HAVEN AND I USED TO LOVE TO TAKE THE GREYHOUND BUS TO NEW HAVEN AND SEE HIM FOR THE WEEKENDS. I USED TO LOVE TO SEE MALLEY'S DEPARTMENT STORE AND MACY'S BUILDING AS THE BUS WAS COMING INTO NEW HAVEN TERMINAL. BRAD ALSO PICKED ME UP FROM NEW YORK WHEN HE COULD BUT THIS WAS QUITE A DRIVE EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT SO I DECIDED TO TAKE THE BUS AND MEET HIM IN NEW HAVEN EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT. EVERYTHING WAS GOING SO RIGHT UNTIL MY MOTHER CALLED ME AT WORK AND TOLD ME MY FATHER WAS IN THE HOSPITAL. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT COLUMBIA PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL. I ASKED MY MOTHER WHAT HAPPENED AND SHE TOLD ME YOUR FATHER WAS VOMITING AND COULD NOT STOP AND HE WAS GETTING WEAKER AND WEAKER SO SHE CALLED AN AMBULANCE TO TAKE HIM TO THE HOSPITAL. HE WAS HAVING A GALLBLADDER ATTACK AND WAS VOMITING BILE IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM. WHEN MY MOTHER TOLD ME THIS I ALMOST FAINTED IN THE HALLWAY OF THE HOSPITAL. I STARTED TO SEE ALL BLACK AND I TRIED TO GET A HOLD OF MYSELF BEFORE I FAINTED ON THE FLOOR. THEY ADMITTED MY FATHER AND ME AND MY MOTHER WENT TO SEE HIM IN HIS HOSPITAL ROOM. BEFORE WE LEFT FOR THE NIGHT MY FATHER ASKED ME TO BRING HIS WATCH IN THE MORNING WHEN I GET TO WORK. I TOLD HIM OK AND MY MOTHER AND I PROCEEDED TO GO DOWNSTAIRS TO HAVE A BITE TO EAT AT THE CAFETERIA AND THEN WENT HOME. THIS WAS AROUND 7 PM. WE WENT HOME AND WENT TO BED. AT 3 AM THE PHONE RANG. MY MOTHER GOT THE PHONE AND THE HOSPITAL TOLD HER TO COME TO THE HOSPITAL IMMEDIATELY AS YOUR HUSBAND IS DYING! THEY TOLD HER HE WAS VOMITING AND TORE HIS ESOPHAGUS AND HE WAS HEMORRHAGING. WE FOUND OUT THAT AN ARTERY IN THE STOMACH BURST BECAUSE OF THE VOMITING AND HE HAD A HEART ATTACK BECAUSE OF THE BLOOD LOSS. HE WENT INTO COMA AND DIED THE NEXT DAY WHICH WAS FRIDAY THE 13TH! JANUARY 13, 1978 WAS THE DATE OF HIS DEATH. WE HAD TO CONTACT MY BROTHER AND THE REST OF THE FAMILY. AT THIS TIME BRAD WAS GETTING OVER A TERRIBLE TYPE OF RESPIRATORY ILLNESS. HE HAD A FEVER FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS BUT HE WAS ABLE TO COME TO THE FUNERAL EVEN THOUGH HE WAS STILL WEAK. THIS WAS THE TIME OF THE BLIZZARD OF 1978. WHAT A SNOW STORM THIS WAS. I COULD HARDLY WALK THE STREETS IN NEW YORK CITY. I USED TO WALK AND THE SNOW WAS SO HIGH YOU WOULD GET SO TIRED LIFTING YOUR FEET TO TRY AND WALK.

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Table of Contents

Contents

CHAPTER 1 - NEAR DROWNING....................1
CHAPTER 2 – PARANORMAL ACTIVITY....................25
CHAPTER 3 – APPARITIONS....................37
CHAPTER 4 – SPIRITS AND SPIRIT GUIDES....................45
CHAPTER 5 – PILLAR OF LIGHT....................51
CHAPTER 6 – GROWING UP IN NEW YORK CITY....................55
CHAPTER 7 – MARRIAGE IN CONNECTICUT....................65
CHAPTER 8 – WORKING IN NEW HAVEN, CT....................77
CHAPTER 9 – THE HAUNTINGS CONTINUE....................85
ABOUT THE AUTHOR....................101