Today is the day Heaven checked you in,

Nineteen years ago.

Nineteen years…and the blink of an eye.

How much FUN have you orchestrated with the other celestial residents?

Perhaps doing some renovating, are you?

Seriously, how much Trouble have you gotten yourself into up there?

I suspect even Paradise doesn’t prevent You from pushing the limits 😉

In nineteen years so many have joined you in that time.

Last year especially seemed filled with losses for us, and gains for the afterworld.

Were you waiting at the gates with Peter

when Flynny joined you last summer?

Did you guys reminisce about days gone by?

Or, did you jump straight into the glory days ahead of you, 

with this soul friend by your side?

Did you two notice my two girlfriends, Erin and Tara, who entered that realm last year?

…I bet you did…they are among the most beautiful angels by far. 

And Beauty is a magnet to you! 

I hope you all get to know each other.

And have Fun together.

And, did you see my mentor and colleague, Bishop Carlton Pearson’s name on the new arrival list? 

When the large group of fans that no doubt surrounds him begins to make room for others to meet and greet him, be sure to make time to introduce yourself, and get ready to reignite some of the philosophical conversations you adored while on earth. 

I suspect you two will chat for hours – at least hours in liminal time.

What is Time like there, for you?

Is it really the “twinkling of an eye,” as Paul tells us?

Here, it seems like both.

Both “yesterday and forever ago” that you were here, then left.

Your song still comes on regularly, and always in perfect timing.

Photos of you bring comfort of your long remembered effervesce and antics.

For many of us deep grief has transformed into a different kind of mourning. A longing you were still physically here, yet an acceptance that your hugs now come with the whispers on the wind.

There are days though, especially when life delivers inexpressible suffering, that no winks from heaven suffice – where only the undeniable strength of your arms circling around would provide comfort. The nightmare of last October for one…and the day in September 2019 (and weeks and months that followed) when my Riley went to live Beyond with you. Thank you for showing him around and taking him under your Wing up there. (Pun intended). 

Thank all that is Holy for the solace that dreams bring during those times of sorrow. You are present, you are here, in body not just spirit, when we are gifted with dreams of you.

But every day, in good times and in bad, the memory of you, of your existence in this world, and now, the one beyond, provides a knowing that unconditional and everlasting Love is possible. That it is a gift to be cherished always. 

Today, may the memory of you bring smiles to all that love you.

~ Twink

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