The Other Side of Heaven by Druga Jacqueline

Author:Druga, Jacqueline [Druga, Jacqueline]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub
Published: 2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00

PART THREE – THE JOURNEY

19. AMANDA’s JOURNEY

I didn’t expect for things to move so quickly. I expected preparation time. There was none. A mere three days from the phone call from Natalie. My insides turned and churned, I was nervous. I couldn’t eat. I told no one about my opportunity. After I got back, I would, until then, it was my secret.

A woman named Artie showed up at my house the day before ‘my day’, we didn’t have a time that I would go, simply that I would die. How it all went down was left out. Natalie herself didn’t know Everyone’s circumstances were different and the scenario of the ‘meet’ would have something to do with the resolution.

Artie was a lovely woman who had traveled from her home outside of Chicago to my place in Florida. A church going woman who was part of Natalie’s team. She would be with me when I left, and to ensure nothing medically was wrong, she’d have her hand on the phone waiting to call for help.

I took comfort in that. Being able to talk to Artie, sharing my fears and anxiety helped a lot. I didn’t sleep that entire night and poor Artie stayed up right along with me.

“I’m armed and ready to not sleep,” Artie said, holding up a coffee. “I resolved myself to not slumber at all.”

We stayed up watching Julia Roberts’ movies.

Artie would be the face I saw when I returned, the first person to hear my story, to listen to me ramble. I believed she was as excited as I was. In that short span of time, Artie became my friend.

That morning after breakfast we sat on my back porch watching the sun. It was a glorious day. But it was like waiting on a relative’s arrival. I was anxious.

“I know it will be overwhelming,” Artie said. “I wonder if it will be as real as you and I are, or seem like a dream.”

“What’s the first thing you will do?” I asked her.

“Take it all in,” Artie said. “Just absorb first. I wouldn’t want nerves to get in my way of the whole experience.”

She had a point. A good one. I heard the tea kettle whistling and I went into the kitchen to make us each a fresh cup.

I had both mugs in my hand and no sooner had I stepped from the kitchen toward the patio door, then the sun light became a huge, bright light. I was encompassed by it. There was no pain, no feeling, and I knew. This was it!

The mugs were no longer in my grip and when I looked down to my hands, they were younger. My arms looked younger and thinner. Although I could have been mistaken, the light gave me almost a gamma ray glow. Reaching up, I touched my face. For certain I was younger, the skin was firm.

How long did I stand there in that light? A moment? It was brief and it dissolved before my eyes, exposing a lake.

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