I feel like I’m falling.
Darkness surrounds me.
The last memory I had was of the hospital room,
my heartbeat gradually slowing and finally stopping altogether.
Where am I?
I am then comforted by familiar faces.
Mom? Dad?
I wonder again, Where am I?
A small bit of light appears in the middle of the darkness.
My parents urge me to go towards the light.
I resist and ask “Why?”
The light suddenly overcomes the darkness.
My parents continue to encourage me to reach the light.
I am about to ask why again when I see it.
The gate to heaven.
J.P.