As I’m outside at 10:02 a.m. this morning, taking a reprieve from stacking firewood, I’m noticing how a shadow is moving in.  Crickets are sounding as if it’s twilight.  Temperatures are dropping.  Where the sunlight should be peeking through the trees, shadows are merging.  And suddenly the sun is a hot, bright flame bearing down on me. I dare not look towards the sun.  All before complete darkness.

And I’m experiencing this momentous event alone.  Without him. But, I’ve chosen to experience the total eclipse by myself.  At our ranch.  Now inside my bedroom.  In silence.  With contemplation.

I smile, knowing good and well that for 28 months Loren has been experiencing awesome adventures in heaven without me!  Knowing he has been witnessing glorious scenes and being introduced to fathomless, unimaginable things while living in Heaven, where Jesus Himself and the angels dwell.

So, it’s OK.  All is well for this moment.  Who knows, maybe the saints in heaven are watching the sun and moon pass each other this morning?

That’s a happy thought!  Maybe we are sharing this moment together?  He, from heaven.  Me, from earth!  All while darkness settles in around me.  Temporarily.

And most of all I am wondering, am I the only one who could feel that odd gravitational pull?

Maybe Loren felt that same gravitational pull as he left his earthly body that Tuesday morning.  With me.  In our bedroom.  At dawn.   The morning he left his physical body was just the beginning of his never-ending adventures in eternity!  I’m giddy with happiness for him!