A Journey to Heaven
By Ruthe
October 14, 2002

Comment:
My very dreaded but true story here to write-- it was Corky's last request for me to do, and I promised her it would be done.(Quite hard though and through some tears) I accomplished her last request,and it was a sad mission for me.

A Journey to Heaven
Three months ago today ( and on our Mothers Birthday ) I promised my dying sister Corky her request would be honored, she wanted me to write a very funny story of she, her family and friends during her long endurance with a culprit called * CANCER. A disease she could not destroy from her beautifully healthy body and finally after 10 months she conceded to this monster, she closed her eyes and started her journey to a complete and unforeseen place in heaven. God had already made her reservations for the empty chair in the gorgeous Gardens--- God took her hand and led her on a long and enjoyable trip she was soon to be joined with her loving husband Charles, her mother and father, her sister Geneva with all her relatives and friends already there and waiting for her to arrive.

Corky had explained to me earlier how great this beautiful garden will be when God calls her, a picture from her showing me this tremendous piece of art that heaven has waiting for all of us when our day comes, and I can see why she was so anxious and wanted to soon be called. We both talked about God and exchanged our different views about death and the heavens we would soon be sharing, her determination, attitude and her desire to leave was so very encouraging to me, watching her in preparation getting everything in order as she was very particular about keeping all files and paper work in dire neatness, never wanting her kids to have a struggle finding necessary items when her time would come to her.

While visiting her a few days before her death our older sister Aline, her daughter Cheryl and I was playing cards knowing that Corky was sleeping and looked very comfortable--- when suddenly she called to us to get her up and she wanted to sit at our card table--- she sat down and asked to be dealt in with our game, needless to say what a surprise this was to all of us, we immediately included her in the game she then preceded to beat everyone of us ( playing for money--- too ). What a fun evening we all was having with her story telling and especially about her recent bout with this incurable disease, and making so much fun of herself with this illness she was enduring-- her Son David was her care taker and was taking care of her in his home, he is a very jovial young man with much humor, his mom started telling us some of their experiences and after David left the room she looked at me and said you must write this story about this one particular incident that they both were involved in, and a first for them both--- I agreed to write the story --- she seemed so contented to have me do this and she insisted it had to be a funny one. I reassured her it would be funny.

During this long struggle Corky had many medications and some just did not agree with her digestive system there was times she'd be very sick at her stomach and then times with a diarrhea, and this particular time she was suffering a severe bowel impactment---poor David after going in to give her some care she looked up at him and very quietly asked him if he had ever heard of a bowel impactment ---- he screwed up his face in every which way saying huh? and before he could answer with a no-- she interrupted him by telling him there was a rubber glove in her medicine cabinet, she was laughing so hard telling us this and trying to show David's expression that she had us all in stitches, Corky-- knowing all along that David would not be helping her here with this miserable ordeal because her daily nurse was coming in within that hour, however David was unaware of this visit, how funny she was in telling us this and yet she was so very ill and so near death. What a brave little soul she was.

We certainly made our last visit with our little sister with nothing but laughter, our funny stories of our past experiences and so many laughs, we ended our visit without one tear, but with a great big hug a kiss and a smile as we departed, we now are waiting to soon go to her beautiful garden where she'll be there waiting for us.. Corky's in heaven now and she has been blessed --- we all know she is in a much better place than she was down here on earth. Bless her little heart she was a real trooper and went to heaven in a beautiful way.

She'll certainly be missed by us all.

May God bless all of you---
Ruthe
October 14, 2002