An inspirational memoir of near-death encounter, rebirth, divine mercy, and finding faith.

On December 10, 2009, McVea, a thirty-two-year-old mom of four, visited the hospital to get a routine procedure. While going through treatment, her encounter suddenly turned a dark tone of blue, after that black. Her mother screamed for help, and a nurse attempted to regenerate her…to no avail.

Today, Crystal does not remember what happened in that hospital room through the nine a few minutes she was unconscious and struggling to about Waking Up in Heaven: A GENUINE Story of Brokenness, Heaven, and Life Again breathe on her behalf own. She has no memory from the panic and the hurrying nurses as well as the loud cries of “Code Blue.”

She just remembers drifting off…and waking up in heaven.

This unexpected meeting of a self-described sinner and skeptic with her God transformed everything. Elevated Christian, she had left her faith behind after childhood abuse and the next struggles and suffering of her stressed teens and early adulthood. She longed to trust but felt deserted, damaged, and undeserving.

A moving autobiographical testament to the power of divine love and forgiveness, Waking Up in Heaven shares the message of hope, curing, and compassion McVea brought back from her clean with God.

This courageous, honest account of years lost to pity and guilt will inspire those who’ve stumbled along their own spiritual journey, using the uplifting reminder that no-one is definitely beyond the reach of elegance and redemption, which, in the words of the writer, “God is genuine. Heaven is true. And God’s love for us is the realest thing of most.”