The Kiss

He kisses her hand, he rubs her arm, tells her how beautiful her skin is as she quietly lays in bed. He sits and holds her hand and tells us how he couldn't have picked a better wife. He cherishes the time he has left with her.

Her mind is still sharp, but her body is just too weak. "Heaven's waiting room" is where she says she is... and she is happy to be there. She is just waiting to see her Savior.

Sitting watching and listening, I am caught with tears in my eyes. Blinking to try to keep them back. It's hard... hard to watch someone slip away slowly. It is hard to watch her husband sitting next to her tell us of her ups and downs. All the while lovingly holding her hand. How many years have those hands held on to each other?

I am sure that marriage wasn't always a walk in the park for them. Raising their children wasn't always picture perfect. They have lived through some very dark times, but through it all they held hands, weaving a legacy for their children and their children's children and now their great-grand children. They have never strayed from the Truths that they know and God has blessed them richly because of it.

Watching Grandpa and Grandma walk these last days together can only be described as beautiful. The love that you see on Grandpa's face towards his wife is beyond words.

A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value. She brings him good, not harm all the days of her life.

Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all. Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Give her the reward she has earned, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate. (portions of Proverbs 31)

I can just imagine.....

She is standing at the door and knocking, Jesus opens the door and welcomes her home. He calls her by name and says "June, well done good and faithful servant." He hugs her and tells her there is someone that wants to see her. He steps aside and up walks her son. "Mom, I have been waiting..." what a day that will be.