Everyone has their own interpretation of what Heaven will look like and 
be like. This weekend my grandmother told us how much she loves us and what
a blessing each of us are in her life. There were 50 plus people made up 
of her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and their spouses 
at her home at what was probably her last Christmas. She calmly and bravely
told us that it was time for her to go and that she was preparing a way 
for us to Heaven to join her one day. I don't think there was a dry eye 
in the room. We know these last few days, months, whatever God gives us
with her is a blessing. 
 I am no expert on what Heaven looks like but I know one day
I will be with my grandmother there. I'd like to think Heaven looks a lot 
like my grandmother's house when I was a child. She'll be on the front porch 
swing with my favorite dog, Indy (short for Indiana Jones), underneath her
feet. I'll hug her just as I did when I was a child coming from the 
Strawberry Patch (daycare). She'll smile and offer me a grilled cheese 
sandwich or fried bologna sandwich. If I make at breakfast time, I'll have 
one of her hand-made biscuits with fried ham. Aunt Nell will be there 
singing out of tune to some old Johnny Cash song, dancing a little jig. 
We'll eat peaches that are always "June or July peaches" because as 
Aunt Nell always said, "May peaches ain't no good but June and July are." 
We will spend an eternity hugging each other when we enter one room and 
leave another because that just what we do. 
 Of course, I look forward to seeing all the rest of my family like my 
Maw Maw Nonie and Paw Paw PT. Maw Maw Nonie will call out to me upon 
entering Heaven with a "Who" (her way of saying hello and asking 
who is it with one word) and will say "Ain't no need in you hurrying off." 
And for once, I won't have to be hurrying off, I'll have an eternity to spend with 
the people I love the most and make preparations for the loved ones 
I left behind so that I can one day, too, greet them and welcome them home. 
Streets of gold sound really nice but just give me my grandmother's house
and some of her good cooking, a room full of people I love, my favorite
dog, and I think I'll be just fine.