Chapter 13-16

Throughout these chapters Don has overcome many things. When he was first in the accident, another guy named Dick was there to pray for him and to hold his hand. Now Don finds out that Dick could never reach his hand, because it was clear at the front and Dick could not have reached it unless he had somehow gotten into the mangled car. Dick had previously died from a heart attack so his wife is telling Don this after the fact. She says that Dick was behind the car and had his hand on Don's shoulder, so Don begins to questions her thinking and has no idea what to think. They both decide that the one holding his hand was in fact God, and this made Don feel so much better in that his friend and God was with him on that very day. Don continues to tell his story and has changed many people's lives because of it, so he finally learns of his true reason why God has put him back on the Earth. Throughout his recovery Don's three children had to live with other people becuase there was so much going on for them to care for thier own children. The boy twins went to live with thier grandparents, and their daughter went to live with soem family friends. Don has a recollection of when his father came to visit him, while in the beginning, and his father said that if he could he would gladly take his place for him.

Chapter 10-13

In these chapters a lot has happened to Don. He is still asking God why he was brought back to Earth and what this will mean to him, and why he couldn't just stay with Him. Don is still having battles with depression and has still not overcome it, Don still is not talking about his experience with Heaven, until he finally tells the man who prayed for him when there was no hope for him. Don tells him all about Heaven and his wonderful experience, and then he tells him that he needs to tell other people about it so they can believe and do good in their live, Don doesn't want to tell the world, because he thinks no one will believe him, so he starts out small and tells a few people, they want more information, so Don finally sees it as a good thing to tell people. Before the accident Don had recored spiritual music on cassette tapes to listen to, so his wife brings them up to him, Don starts listening to them and really takes in the words, he suddenly starts crying and realizes that he has finally broken his depression. Don then decides to go to the church where he used to be a pastor at, after some struggle he speaks to his people of the church and the ones that have all prayed for his long journey, he stands up and they all begin to cheer, he states that because of thier prayers, he is where he is now. When he gave up, they prayed for him, and kept him alive, and for that he is truly grateful. Don has also changed the way some people think about live and how they think anout God, without God we wouldn't be in the place we are now.

Chapters 6-10

Still reading the same book 90 Minutes in Heaven. These chapters talked about the struggles that Don has had to face, he had to have a brace put in his leg to help it grow, and other rods in his arms to support them. Also, Don just felt like dying he didn't have any ambition to live any longer, he kept asking God to take hime back home wiht him, but God's only answer was no. Don has had severe battles wiht depression and has no willing to live. Also, whenever he has guests that come to see him he never wants them to stay and stare at him or take pity on him, so he talks for a while then they leave, until recently when another fellow coworker comes to him and says that he needs to straighten his act up, meaning when someone comes in and they ask him if he needs anything then he needs to say that he does so that they feel like they have helped him in some way. Although this book is not over it has made me realize how much I should be grateful for and for how much that I have is all that I need in life.

90 Minutes in Heaven

I started reading 90 Minutes in Heaven just last night and I read all the way to chapter 6 from pages 13-55, it is an inspirational book and I didn't want to put it down. The book starts out about a guy named Don Piper who is a minister and he was on his way out of town to a conference regarding ministry work. After the conference ended early he was headed home, he had two choices of ways to go home, both taking the same amount of time; he chose the path that he hardly takes, one that leads him over a large hill and across a bridge. It had previously rained and was a bit cloudy so he took it slow, he then came upon a semi who had crossed the center line striking Don's car. The semi crushed the car that was driven by an inmate who had volunteered to drive it for the prison, the inmate had two guards following close by. The car driven by Don was completely smashed and he was trapped, as soon as the guards saw what had happened they called for an ambulance to come, when the ambulance came they knew right away that Don was dead, after confirming it they went to help out the other people. The other people refused to go to the hospital so it was then time to try to help out Don, after placing a tarp over his body they went to try to get things cleared off the road to allow traffic to flow again, as it had begun backing up because of the accident. The people that were backed up in the accident just so happened to be two people that had attended the same conference with Don, after waiting patiently they decided to walk up the hill to see what had happened the guy who was a minister said that he could help if they needed him, and that he wanted to pray for the soul that was lost, the ambulance workers said there was no hope for the guy but he still wanted to pray for him. After getting into the car that was badly mangled he began to pray, he said that something pushed him to do it, he then began to sing to Don's helpless body, when he began to sing back he got out of the car so fast and told the EMT's, they were just as shocked, and called on the radio for the jaws of live to get there ASAP. While all this was happening they had called Don's wife and told her what had happened so she rushed to the hospital. Since Don's body was tangled in the car so badly it took a while to get him out, his left leg was shattered in two places and his left arm was dislocated and was over his head in an akward position, he was in bad shape. After getting him out of the car they took him to the hospital the EMT's didn't think he would even make the trip, but he did, once in the hospital they wanted to transport him to another hospital that was better specilized with caring for a patient with his intense injury, but because of the weather they couldn't use the helicopter so they had to drive the long distance to the hospital. Once he got there he saw his wife and he knew that by the look on her face how bad off he was. After being pronounced dead for 90 minutes he was sure that it would only be a matter of time before he was gone for good. All along this way in the book he is talking about his time up in heaven for those crucial 90 minutes, he says that it was very bright light all around him, and there was people that greeted him that he recognized from his time on earth, people that influenced him, his grandfather, a best friend from childhood and other people that he knew. Don said his experience in heaven was anyting beyond words and he tried to explain it as the most wonderful feeling he had ever felt. After reading the first 5 chapters I didn't want to put the book down, it is a pretty amazing book and it makes you realize what you have in life, and that it can be taken so quickly. Hope you enjoyed the beginning of the book as much as I did!!

Chapter 37- END

This is the end of the book and it turned out sad, but also good. Ronnie is still taking care of her dad and he is now sleeping constantly, at one point she goes into his room to check on him and he is not breathing. She calls 911 and they take him to the hospital, her father told her that he made a DNR so that she needs to take it along if something were to happen so she grabs that. Even though her dad had the DNR she still is not ready to let him go so she hides it. When her dad eventually wakes up she says she is sorry and he forgives her, he wants to go back home for the rest of the time he has left, and Ronnie knows that it is coming fast. She wants to finish and show him the song that he had started for her. As she is taking him home she lets him know that she found his lettters that he used to write to her when her parents got a divorce and she has been reading them. He secretly gave her the last one before he got sick, and she read it too. As she is playing the song that she finished for her dad she realizes this is their Last Song together, so thats how they came up with the tite, never knew that! After her father passes they all go to the funeral and Will is there, they talk about his school and he says that he never called because he figured she was busy with her father and everything. She understands, Will says he is going to Europe for Christmas break and that he wants to call her when he gets back. Meanwhile Ronnie is moved back in with her mom and little brother back in New York, and its a few days after Christmas break and still no phone call, when out of the blue her phone rings and its Will he says he is coming to visit his sister in New York and would like to hang out, he then says that he decided he wants to transfer to another school and its in Columbia, New York so Ronnie gets excited about that. Before he was going to go to another school where his parents whanted him to go to, he then says that they should go see a movie that night and all of a sudden Will is standing behind her. Ronnie is estatic and happy that he is going to be near her. Even though she lost her father she knows that he would have wanted this to happen. Oh and Ronnie is going to audition for Juliard the best school in music in New York, so she is back on wiht the piano. Now that the book is over I wish it had a sequel to it so I coulld find out what they did with their lives!!

Chapter 34-37

After the shock has finally worn on about their father. They begin to work on the stain glass windown for the church that was burnt down by the fire. At first Ronnie's little brother thinks that he is going to do it on his own but when he cannot reach the middle piece he has to have help.Will and Ronnie volunteer and eventually they finish it up. After Steve is put in the hospital his ex-wife the children's mother comes to take them home. Ronnie insits that she is going to stay and help take care of her father. Will finally admits to the fact that he knows who burnt down the church and Ronnie throws him out saying she never wants to be wiht him or see him. So that's the end of the relationship for those two. Ronnie's father gets worse and he is sleeping more and more throughout the day. Ronnie's old friend Blaze comes by to tell her some shocking news, that she told the owners at the store that she was the one that stole the watch and put it into Ronnies purse, and that they are going to drop the charges, so that's one less things she has to worry about. The other thing is that she knows who started the fire it was not Will's friend, it was Blaze's ex boyfriend and that she turned him in and is going to testify to the fact that he did it. So now Ronnie is feeling bad that she pushed away Will even though it was not his friend that did it he still kept it a secret. The book is almost over seems like it will never end, even though it is so good!!

Chapter 32-34

Well now that Steve is in the hospital with a terminal cancer, he has to tell his children what has been going on. He starts off wiht Ronnie, and she at first gets mad at him for not telling them the truth, but then he starts to make her realize that if she would have known this summer would have went alot differently. She gets mad at herself for the fact that she didn't get along with him in the beginning, but her dad makes her feel better. After Steve and Ronnie finish talking its time for Ronnie's little brother to have the talk with his dad about what is going on. After that they go home so that he can get some rest and Will is talking to Ronnie's little brother, he doesn't quite understand what is going on because he is so young he just wants his dad back. After he falls asleep Ronnie and Will are outside talking and she gets upset with Will and wants to be left alone so she can think.