From “Me, Too 365,” by Arnold Kunst
17 May
“You can learn a lot
from a porch light.
“Email to my
children: ‘The other night we are getting ready for bed; I notice, at 10:30,
that the porch light is on. So I tell your mother, “I know why you’re guaranteed
to go to heaven.” She’s on her way to check the patio door to see if Zephyr our
cat is in the back, but my statement stopped her in her tracks, and I explain
it to her. “You had the porch light on for Zephyr; you were showing love and
compassion for the only one of the creatures in your immediate orbit who, at
this particular time, might need the love you have to offer. You do that like
water goes downhill. And when you come to die God must recognize that you are
doing what He does all the time, and so you’re guaranteed to make it - He’ll
take you home because, clearly, it’s where you belong.” When I was finished she
wanted a cuddle, the same cuddle I wanted to give her.
‘I’m telling you this
to remind you, yet again, that your mother is an unparalleled treasure.’” – A
husband smart enough to come in from the cold.
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