! A Lady Beyond Death

She’s dying. She’s had two heart attacks, they say the third, the fatal one, could come at any time. But she’s on her feet or sitting, talking of things different. Her husband - his love already has taken him beyond grief – smiles, says, she’s somewhere between earth and heaven.. but I’m awed by her. She shines. So this is just a hint of what an angel is. A whiteness in the air around her; she’s like a young girl, yet beyond life, and yet again, younger than a life; unsullied. She’s somewhere, not between earth and heaven, but somewhere where earth and heaven meet, share their secret, know they’re one. She smiles towards me; she's just – a presence.