Somewhere between a pork chop and dessert during lunch at her retirement home, Granny Joyce zoomed out of her body and into eternity. Nearly 98 years old. Kind, firm, totally with it. Fully present in her body to the last exhale and then immediately present with her Lord. This is zooming at its ABSOLUTE best!
Breathe out here, breathe in there.
Reminded of eternity just beyond our vision. Of hope found just that other side of despair. Of love which reaches out to hold us when we least expect it. Of kindness in a smile. Or maybe the R10 handed to a car guard in a damp parking lot.
Contrasts everywhere, and so the wheel turns. A baby's first cry, a toddlers wail, a child's laughter, tween humour, teen angst.
The impeccably dressed couple walking out of an informal settlement to visit church or the mall. The scruffy adults from high end homes. Hands and hearts that meet between. A grandfather in third world Sri Lanka whose grandchildren are first world Europeans.
Rest well, Granny Joyce. Be renewed, Thatha Meas.
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