I had nightmares last night and woke up from them screaming silently. I think, unless I was actually screaming. In the dream, though, I could not scream out my husband's name loudly, something was stopping me. (He died in 2005, so he would not have heard my screams anyway, to my knowledge). That is unless the dead can hear their loved ones. Anyway, I went back to sleep and promptly had another nightmare from which I awoke immediately. I was unable to remember it.
I tried to go back to sleep, but could not. Finally after maybe a half hour of that, I went online here to chat, and said the above, but in less detail. I was completely ignored! That has never happened to me in chat here before. Usually folks are very receptive and supportive in chat, especially if someone is upset about something. I have never been totally ignored in chat before and it was upsetting.
So finally I went to National Geographic online and read an article about what doctors do these days when someone's heart stops, what they do when someone has technically "died" but they still have some signs of life in them in some way. So some Dr.'s are starting to bring folks back to life now even after they are supposedly dead. And they have succeeded in a few cases! It was a very interesting article and I am glad that I read it, because my heart stopped once and the ambulance folks saved my life in the ambulance with CPR and their oxygen and other stuff.
Meanwhile, while they were working on my body doing the CPR, I went to the gates of Heaven and saw my miscarried daughter (Onna Teresa) who was standing right outside the gates of Heaven calling "Mommy" to me. She was maybe looked like she was 20 years old (about how long ago I had had the miscarriage) and she wanted me to come to her. However, I felt I had things to do back here on earth and since my body was back to life again, I returned here. Jesus took me to the gates and when I decided to go back, I was instantly in my body here on earth again. [this all happened in 2008 or so, if I recall].
I guess maybe next time I have a chance to die, I will do so, if it is God's will. I think last time it was not God's will for me to die, so I didn't. My faith, however, was increased by that experience. Also I do not fear death. Really, I hope I die of old age peacefully in my sleep some day. I am in my mid 60s now, so that is not that far off I suppose....
Anyway, my sleep went well again after I had read the article and I was OK this morning. So I guess I got enough sleep last night, thank God.