pickI found this edition while scanning the shelves in an indie bookstore in Seattle. It was a quick read with a lot of familiar information and ideas—but EKR is always worth reading. I honestly can‘t get enough of books on these topics! The world needs more of them. Death Care and Death Education can be so different, if we allow it to be. Shown: snowberries at Snoqualmie Falls in WA.
so-soI am never one to dismiss anyone‘s NDE story, but this one felt too religious for me. The word ‘God‘ was in almost every paragraph; a bible verse began nearly every chapter. It felt too Christian. I am aware that a NDE is different for everyone though there are many similarities, and the spectrum is wide. I am an atheist, I don‘t believe in deities; but I do believe there is a part of us that doesn‘t die, when our bodies die. I imagine ‘God‘⬇️
pick4✨ This book was about those that either had someone pass on who came back to comfort them, or those who passed the veil for a brief time. Those that came back provide encouragement that there is something else after this life. As a person of faith this brings me comfort that this life isn‘t the end. That those we love and miss who have left us are still out there waiting for our time. I wish this was actually written in the POV of the witnesses.
pickI really enjoyed this book. As a Christian, I wonder what heaven will be like when I get there. As the song goes: I Can Only Imagine.
Inspirational true story of Don Piper. He was in a horrible wreck, ended up dying and spending 90 minutes in Heaven. He knows how long bc that's how long the EMT's said he was dead.
The only thing I didn't like about it was that it seemed to me too be repetitive in spots. Overall, 4.5 ⭐
I mulled it over and eventually decided to skip my #aardvark box this month. I already have one of the books on hold and I‘m curious about Mister Magic but would rather borrow it unless I see amazing reviews rolling in, then I‘ll throw a copy in next month‘s box. If #botm didn‘t take the entire month to ship to me, I would rejoin this month to nab the Kim and the Cañas.
“A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.” -Albert Einstein
pickMy first pick for #TBRDeckofCards was “bedroom” which meant I had to pick a book on one of my bedroom shelves. I‘ve had this one forever and it was the last Sarah Pekkanen book I needed to read (not including the newer thrillers she co-writes). It was good, especially if you enjoy somewhat predictable “I‘ve fallen out of love then back into love before it‘s too late” sort of stories. It has her signature snarky humor which I do enjoy. 🌟🌟🌟💫
I had my son pick my first #TBRDeckofCards pick and he picked “bedroom” (I have books on shelves and stacked up all over the house so some of my cards specify where I have to pick from). This book has been on my shelves for YEARS so I thought now was as good a time as any to give it a go! And I totally forgot it had a signed bookplate!
pickAn odd book, published in 1978. The first study of Near-Death Experiences to show that not all such experiences are positive and that persons visibly distressed immediately after ‘hellish‘ experiences recall them as pleasant later on. They‘re replacing bad memories with good, according to Rawlings, as a way of dealing with extreme trauma. A brave book and a novel thesis, for which he was vilified by several other researchers in later years.
