We got lots of wonderful comments about our appearance on
Art Bell?s Coast to Coast AM Saturday night, and I?d like to
share some of them with you.
One listener writes: ?I witnessed a television interview
between Diane Sawyer and Roy of Siegfried and Roy. What I
remember the MOST was Roy's memories of HIS NDE with his
tigers. When he was at the point Anne was, Roy's tigers were
in his Near Death Experience. No doubt, when it is MY time,
my cats should greet me?they ARE my family!?
One of the therapists who treated me was the same woman who
treated Roy! Like everyone I met at UCLA, she is a true
humanitarian.
?Margie? writes: ?Anne: I've been praying for you. Tonight
your NDE experience with Coe smoothed away a huge portion of
my grieving & depression over the recent loss of my longtime
soul mate, guide and companion cat. She too was less catlike
than any of my many others?Within11 horrendous days she went
from healthy, happy, active..to GONE! I, too
kissed my baby as she was euthanized: the most dreadful day
of my entire life! I wanted to go with her! Part of me died
too. I am 72, single, & alone.?
My thought: there?s a lonely kitten out there somewhere who
needs you.
?Tamara? writes: ??Hearing about Coe has given me all the
hope in the world. I too, had a beloved cat named Molson who
got cancer and after months of fighting it, had to be put
down. This cat saw me through my parent's divorce, my own
divorce and chose to depart shortly before my daughter was
born. I loved this cat like no other and even though it was
8 years ago, I still bawl like a baby whenever I talk about
him. I wept like crazy when you told your tale to Art and
the audience. I have always known I will see him one day on
the other side but you have given me true hope for this.
Thank you, Anne, for coming back to bring the many animal
lovers your message of comfort.?
?Diane? writes: ? My cat too, comes to visit me. The night
after I had him humanely euthanized following 3 weeks of
struggle to keep him alive, he ?came? home. I had closed the
door to my bedroom that night, [but he] came up onto the bed
and slept on my chest. I even sat up in bed to see if the
bedroom door had come open, but it was still closed! I had
the distinct impression he was telling me goodbye and
thanking me. The next morning I found quite a few cabinet
doors open all over the house?a trick he alone [had]
mastered?His visits are becoming more and more infrequent,
but I know when he visits in my dreams, it is his spirit
talking to me.?
?Robert? writes: ?I too rejoice in Anne's recovery. And I
too had an NDE in which I was met by my deceased cat. On
November 1, 2002 I was giving blood when the technician
introduced an embolism that stopped my heart. I was only in
the, well, wherever-it-was for 1 minute
and 15 seconds, but I was greeted by my deceased cat
Clementine. My cat spoke to me in ?human? ways. We joked
about which of the deceased relatives were on call for NDE
duty? I remember the experience as of one of relief and
hilarity, until I returned to a really sick body in the ER.
One of the main questions I was asked by listeners on
Saturday night was if animals have souls. I honestly don?t
see why they wouldn?t. Or maybe these pets are kept alive by
love.
Like all NDE survivors, I now know that love is the most
important?and perhaps the only?thing that counts. Let?s all
be careful to express our religious beliefs only in the
context of love?otherwise, how can we claim they come from God?
For those of you not familiar with my new thriller
An
Invisible Woman, I want to tell you a little about it.
I actually became ?invisible? for a time?I would walk
outside to do my chores (I was living in New York, where oe
does a lot of walking) and find that men stepped in front of
me in line or walked right up and stole my cab?it was as if
they didn?t see me! It got serious when I kicked a man who
pushed me aside in a deli and he hailed a passing polic
cruiser. I was annoyed at first, of course?and Whitley was
frantic that I was going to get into trouble?but then I
realized it gave me the chance to become a spy in my own
life?and I found out there?s actually a scientific reason
this happens. We all give off sex hormones called Pheromones
and as women get older, they send out fewer of these, so e
literally drop off male radar.
I created a character whose invisibility becomes part of
live and death struggle to solve the mystery of her
husband?s murder before she and her kids also become
victims. She finds that she can even go into offices with
his business associates as long as, among other things, she
dresses as a cleaning woman. She?s not recognized by anyone,
despite the fact that everyone she encounters knows very
well who she is. But without her elegant clothes and makeup,
they just don?t see her. And she finds out a few things?
But the main point is that it?s a really fun and informative
read?I promise that!
