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M.K. McDaniel

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Born

in St. Louis, The United States

June 05, 1946

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https://www.misfitinhelltoheavenexpat.com

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Memoir, Spirituality, Paranormal

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M.K. McDaniel was 53 years old when she was placed on a ventilator and into a drug-induced coma for a pulmonary illness. For almost three weeks, her family prayed as they hovered over her bed in the Critical Care Unit.

Meanwhile, her spirit was somewhere else. It took over ten years to begin to fathom what she experienced in an Afterlife of demons and fear, and eventually, God’s loving embrace.

M.K. was sent back for a purpose; she just didn’t know what it was.

After many years of false starts, she completed a book of her life experiences to make sense of the Dark/Distressing NDE and to offer hope and comfort to others.

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