Can't Wait to Get to Heaven

Epilogue

When Elner Jane Shimfissle got off the elevator, she looked down at the end of the hall, and saw a smiling Dorothy and Raymond standing outside the door, waiting to greet her. She was overjoyed to see them again. But just before they went inside, she stopped and whispered to Dorothy, “This is the real thing, isn’t it? It’s not another short visit, is it?”

Dorothy laughed. “No, honey, it’s the real thing this time.”

Raymond smiled and said, “Come on in, you’ve got a lot of people anxious to see you.” The big door swung open, and there stood a large group, including her mother and daddy, her sisters Ida and Gerta, and a lot of other relatives she had only seen in old family photographs. Ginger Rogers and Thomas Edison stood behind them, waving and smiling at her. It was at that moment that she found him. There, standing right in the middle of the first row, was her husband, Will! He stepped forward wearing a big grin, with his arms wide open, and said, “What took you so long, woman?” She ran to him and knew she was home for good.