Waiting on Heaven: A Mother and Daughter's Remarkable Shared Death Experience

by Victoria Mason Acree

Overview

Diagnosed with terminal brain cancer at age ten, Paris Acree talked happily of the day when she would meet Jesus and "shock" him with her purple toenail polish. But Paris delivered another shock altogether when, shortly before her own death, she discerned her mother Victoria's breast cancer weeks before doctors confirmed it.

Waiting on Heaven follows Victoria's spiritual journey through pregnancy, mutual cancer diagnoses, and a shared-death experience, as well as her own out-of-body trip to visit Paris shortly after her daughter's passing. In life, Paris enjoyed playing both the pupil and the teacher, but it was only after her daughter's death that Victoria discovered just how much Paris taught her about faith, acceptance, and love. Experience heaven like never before in this incredible true story of a mother's enlightenment through the life and death of her young daughter.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781462107933
Publisher:	Cedar Fort, Incorporated/CFI Distribution
Publication date:	02/11/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

Table of Contents

Prologue 1

1 The Conception of an Angel 3

2 Loved, No Matter "What 5

3 Hoping for the Best, Preparing for the Worst 11

4 Happy Birthday, Paris Pardue Acree! 15

5 Paris's First Christmas 17

6 The Formative Years 19

7 Paris: The Pupil and the Teacher 21

8 The Day That Would Forever Change Our Lives 25

9 The 8:00 a.m. Surgeon's Appointment 31

10 The Day of Surgery 35

11 The Long Night Begins 43

12 Dash to the Airport 47

13 Day One at St. Jude Children's Medical Research Hospital 51

14 Just Buying Time for Paris 57

15 "You've Got Cancer Too, Mummy!" 59

16 Home to Texas for the Weekend 63

17 Expecting a Miracle 67

18 Six Months to Live 73

19 Paris the Guinea Pig 75

20 The New House Is Built 77

21 Lumpectomy 79

22 Disney World for Paris and Helen 81

23 Transcendental Meditation 83

24 "You Can Only Get a Nine out of Ten, Mummy!" 87

25 The Last Valentine's Day 93

26 Paris Takes Her Last Breath 103

27 Six Weeks to the Memorial Service 105

28 A Memorial for Paris Pardue Acree 105

29 "I" Saw My Body Lying on the Bed 107

30 It Was My Birthday All over Again 111

31 A Knowing Awareness, a Higher State of Consciousness, a Sixth Sense 115

32 The Two Things Were Not Forgotten 117

Epilogue 123

Appendix: In Honor of Paris 127

About the Author 131