Email from Heaven

Having gone to heaven, I am sending an email to report on my arrival there and to give directions to my survivors. Don't grieve but plant a basswood tree.

Note:: "Email from Heaven" was honored as Essay of the Month for February 2001. Thank you, Suite101 fellow editors
for nominating the essay and thank you Edgar Samar, "Personal Essay" editor for choosing it.

What in the world, or out of this world!

I wrote this article more than a year ago, 9 months after my mother passed away after having suffered from Alzheimer's disease for 30 years. At the time, I decided against publishing it for fear of shocking some people whose view on death differs from mine. I have now changed my mind and have decided to tell you about my views in hopes of hearing about yours in return. You can share them in the discussion following this article:
Traute has gone home to be with the Lord. She sends this email to her friends and asks that it be printed out for those friends who do not own a computer.
Just a note about the graphics: The German word "Himmel" means "heaven" as well as "sky," so to those of us whose mother tongue is German, these two concepts are synonymous.
Here is the email:

My Arrival in Heaven

As soon as I arrived at heaven's gate, I was welcomed by my mother who had been waiting for me for nine months. That is exactly how long she had waited for me the first time. It was a most joyous reunion. The next person to greet me was my father. He had not noticed my arrival immediately, because he was once again busy directing a choir of saints. That had been his favorite occupation on earth, and he is enjoying it just as much now as ever. Then, of course, I wanted to talk to Jesus. No one had to go looking for him, because his presence is everywhere in heaven. As soon as word got around heaven that I had arrived, saints came running to meet me. They had all heard of the little old lady who had upset a clergyman and shaken up a congregation by being so bold as to show love to little children. They all wanted to hug me at the same time to show me their approval for all those hugs which I had given away on earth, hugs which got me into trouble with the clergy.

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