Dear John & Doves This is a sad, Joyful and Hopeful event of afterlife http://alegacyofgrace.blogspot.com/2011/10/little-girls-vision-of-heaven-before.html http://alegacyofgrace.blogspot.com/2011/10/true-stories-of-inspiration-more.html A Little Girl's Vision of Heaven Before Her Death This event happened in 1989 to an 8 year old girl, in my own city, suffering from cancer. I attended this girl's funeral Mass and wrote about the event in my journal of May 30, 1989. The girl's family are friends of friends. I do not doubt the authenticity of the story as it was attested to by a number of people and my sources were reliable. On May 30, 1989, I wrote " ....... that girl who died last Friday, died in her mother's arms, smiling. She told her mum that she saw something like a large white house and there were men singing. The priest at her funeral explained that the girl saw 'joyful people' calling her saying 'keep going". My friends gave an account of what happened. I am inspired each time I hear it and it gives me much hope. I pray it will do the same for all those with loved ones who are dying. The little girl was in her mother's arms and the mother could hear her saying, "Keep going, keep going". The mother asked her why she was saying that and the girl said that she could see a tunnel with a big light at the end of it and could hear joyful people saying the words. Two extra things occured which are very moving. The girl died in her mother's arms, just after her father got home (and was able to say goodbye to him as well), and my friends say that the mother knew she had reached the 'joyful people' when she closed her eyes and died with a smile on her face. GOD BLESS James