Now I Know Why
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From Chapter 10 My eye surgery succeeded and my vision was actually better than before. Each implant contained some correction. I still needed glasses but now they were not so thick. I felt really upbeat and strong. Each day that went by reduced the odds that my cancer would return. My jubilation didn’t last long. Katherine, another member of our small church, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She lived two miles away. Her surgeon told her that she had a good chance to survive. She looked so good I wanted to believe it. However, they had told Alice that she was cured and now she was gone. They told Betty two years ago that they had removed all of the cancer and now she was gravely ill. A few months later (March 1990) Betty died. This disease showed no mercy. If you get it, you die! Earlier events began to plague me. How and why did I know that my brother would have that terrible accident in 1978? Why was I compelled to see a doctor in 1986 to detect my cancer early, when my friends are dying of the same disease? How and why did I know about my own accident in 1988 before it occurred? These things just do not happen; at least not to anyone I know. When I was a child, I thought it would be great to know the future. I could tell farmers what the weather would be so they would know what to plant. I could predict the stock market and make a lot of money to feed hungry people. I could predict a crime and save someone’s life. But this is not the way it is working out. I had some forewarning about my brother’s accident, but not the date or location. The forewarning proved useless to save his life. There is no greater pain than to know what will happen and not be able to change the outcome. This is not the way it is supposed to be. WHY, WHY, WHY did I have to know what would be next? Then it happened again!
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About the Book
What is the reason God allows some people brief glimpses of life beyond death and the grave and/or the gift of knowledge of certain events before they happen? In Now I Know Why, I explore these questions regarding my own "near death" experiences. The book is autobiographical in nature, beginning with my earliest memories of extreme poverty and some abuse. It reveals my struggle to survive to adulthood. My early twenties led me into marriage to a man with multiple personalities and the birth of my first two children. With my strong Catholic background, the eventual divorce was devastating. My life greatly improved with my second marriage. At age forty-two, my life dropped into a black hole. I developed a deadly form of cancer and should have had no real chance to survive. I found myself in the middle of a "cancer hot zone" where several friends and neighbors were stricken with various deadly cancers. Six of us had the same cancer. As I watched them die while I survived, I finally understood the multiple experiences which comprised my near death experience. My book should be interesting to the following people: others who have had a near death experiences, victims of poverty, abuse, cancer, and others who have struggled to survive against all odds.
About the Author
Audre Kramer is the author of several published non-fiction short stories. She is the mother of three and grandmother of four. Her husband, Michael, is employed by a large dairy distributor in Minnesota. After high school Audre was employed as a bookkeeper and later married. When her children were born she decided to put her career on hold and become a full time mom. After the children were grown she worked in the human services field with mentally ill people and later with mentally handicapped people. Presently she owns a small computer consulting service.