Jennifer beat me to it with a beautiful post about grief, faith and acceptance. I was thinking on Ray's birthday yesterday in anticipation of today. I was wondering... when a person is in Heaven how does the birthday work? Is Ray 66 today? or is he going to turn 1 in heaven on December 25? Do you get a new Heaven birthday for when you entered heaven? I like to think of Dad having a birthday on Christmas... seems fitting for such a generous and gracious man. Or here is another possibility.. maybe a person has unbirthdays in heaven. Maybe Ray is turning 65 today and next October 17th he will be 64... and so on. I have always thought that babies come into this world as close to perfect and as close to god and they will be in life. So maybe in heaven you shed your earthly years bit by bit and get closer and closer to God... just a thought. In any event... I'll miss calling to wish him a happy birthday. I want my magic cell phone that I used to dream I had - the one I could call Dad on in heaven. In any event Dad.. I hope you can hear me when I say Happy Birthday and I miss you.
Love, Robert
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