Destination Heaven

Whoa! What a beautifully cool Monday day.

This past Saturday, my aunt, Tia Challo passed away. After months of being ill, she has gone home. As I’m waking up seeing this beautiful sunny blue-sky day, a day after the rain, I’d like to think she has arrived safely to heaven above.

Though I wasn’t very close to her, since hearing the news, I find myself thinking about her. I’m not sure what to think, to feel. It’s like I’m waiting for this something to happen. I think of my angel Sam. On the day he passed away, he became my angel. His spirit is with me always. I realize now that Tia Challo is an angel to someone else; the energy of her spirit remains.

In honor of my aunt, the piece here is titled, “Destination Heaven.” May she rest peacefully.

In search of a quote, I closed my eyes and opened up to whatever page I was meant to read. In Who Dies, Stephen Levine writes, “No really, death is nothing special. While you are reading this page hundreds of people are dying. We don’t mourn our aunt, we don’t mourn our children. Who we mourn is ourselves. We mourn our loss; someone we related to isn’t on the other side of the net for the game of life we have become so used to playing. Honor that loss and trust the feelings that arise when the mirror for your love has been shattered.”

The words at first sounded harsh, but I understand. I get it. Death is a part of our life and without it life wouldn’t be as amazing.

Me we go out into the world with a little death in our hearts as a reminder to live with the openest of arms.