My mother had four near death experiences spreading over 20 years during four periods of major surgery. The first time she described going towards a white light: she said it was like walking in the warm sun shine after being in the freezing cold. She described walking towards a doorway where the light shone, and as she was about to step through the doorway she saw some of her deceased relatives - including my father. On her first and second journey, she saw my father, but he put his hand up and told her to go back, as I still needed her. I was only 12 and 21 years old at the time.
Her last two visits were within two weeks of each other, when she had major surgery. The third time she said my father tried to stop her, but she was determined to keep going until a voice told her it was not time. On the last journey, she didn’t have to push past my father; she kept on going and described the feeling of such happiness and joy. She heard a voice say, "You are welcome to come in, but your time is not yet." She described trying and trying to get closer to the light, but then she heard my voice (I was not present and didn’t even know she had passed over). She said as much as she tried to ignore it, she couldn’t; as soon as she turned her head slightly, everything had vanished.
She finally passed over in August last year. Twelve hours before she passed, she was in terrible agony, screaming and moaning. She had blood poisoning caused by golden staph. In desperation, I called her minister to see if he could say something that would calm her down. I had told her that if she wished to pass she could, but when our minister said that I was happy to let her pass, she stopped moaning and fell into a deep sleep. I was called back to the hospital in the early hours of the morning, as her breathing had become laboured. I sat with her and talked about what a wonderful mum she had been; how lucky I was to have had her as a mother. At 4am, she opened her eyes and looked at me for several seconds; and then fell into a peaceful sleep. At 6am, I decided to go home for a while to the kids. The nurse said it would be days before she passed over. I had just got home 10 minutes after leaving her and she had passed over.