You Are Not Alone

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This old gal...

Was asked what she thought Heaven would be like…smell like…after some pondering…decided it would be coffee…

Freshly brewed in the morning…entering a coffee shop…passing the whole bean display in the grocery store…can’t help but pause and breathe it in…

Was taking a walk…stressed…worried…sad issues…family issues…sad family issues…came upon a gentleman walking too…

Holding a coffee…not a coffee shop coffee…or a Buc-ee’s coffee in a lidded styrofoam cup…but a big old mug…steaming hot…filled to the top…

He introduced himself…the sun catching his eyes as he turned…and they shined…the eyes…blue maybe…or gray…but bright…intense…and then…he began to talk about…wouldn’t you know it…cats…

As he talked…worried me took it in…the eyes…the words…the sun shining just so…that smell…that coffee smell…bringing it all together…swirling around…in a mist like hug…

And for a moment there was peace…calm…and that conversation about Heaven…came back…

Maybe Someone Somewhere is saying…Old Gal…it will be ok…you are not alone…those girls of yours…are not alone…

Or maybe there’s just some random guy with shining eyes who likes cats taking a walk holding a big a** mug of steaming hot coffee…

Whatever…it can be…whatever…a worried old gal…needs it to be…
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And those daughters of mine…agree…