Eleven o’clock and all’s well at the East Gate

I should have claimed sleep an hour ago but conversations still pended and emotions roiled.  Now I have quietened my soul. I think about Joanna who inspired this blog by her selfless acceptance of those around her. I have not visited her resting place for several weeks.  I have been traveling and I have also been daunted by the rain.  But I think of her.

By and by, I shall fetch a dozen of the roses which she loved so much, and I will lay them on her stone.  I will say, Oh, Joanna, I miss you so.  And then I will run my fingers on the headstone beside hers, beneath which the ashes of my favorite curmudgeon rest.  I will say, Jay, you old so-and-so, I didn’t bring you a cocktail.  And I will picture him smiling.  He would reply, It’s okay, honey, I know you love me.  He did say this to me, many times in his final weeks, the last time in a raspy voice two days before he passed.

It’s eleven o’clock, at the east gate to paradise, and all is well.

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One thought on “Eleven o’clock and all’s well at the East Gate

  1. Theresa

    Sweet sentiments. They must have been extraordinary people and I am so glad you had them in your life.

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