The Ascent

The Ascent chronicles my near death experience at the age of twenty-four. Thirty-two days in the ICU for a ruptured appendix led to two clinical deaths on the operating table. The spiritual people that I saw and the gift they gave me that would continue to haunt me for years. The experience would forever change my view on religion and death.
I died in the month of May. Twenty-four years old and it was my favorite month of the year. Flowers were in full bloom while dusty rains covered the d...