On Permanence

One: I hope that they are all together up there now eating and laughing and playing cards and being happy.

Another: I don’t know if they are really people any more doing people things.

One: Oh, come on. It’s nice to think about them like that... Happy.

Another: But they already were, weren’t they? They did that already.
I think heaven is here on earth.
And it’s good that we have endings.
That nothing is forever.
That way, we enjoy it all for what it is while it is here.

Cheers to those who have gone before us and to us as we extend their lives with our own.