Just This Morning.

28 Apr 2000 - Just This Morning
My Preacher told this story about his wife’s grandparents. They were called Bud and Gussie. They were married for 70+ years. Isn’t that incredible? I read recently that the average marriage these days in the US lasts for 12 years. Bud and Gussie had a very sweet relationship and after that many years still wanted to be together all the time. One was rarely seen without the other. They were sweethearts. When they were both 97 years old, Gussie fell and broke her hip. She was taken to the hospital. Later that day Bud died. Gussie had to have hip surgery. She never woke up enough to be told about Bud’s death. She lived in that semi-conscience state for 2 weeks before dying.
An old preacher that had known them both for decades preached at the funeral. He said he really liked to think about what happened in Heaven that day when Gussie died. He pictured it this way: Gussie was in Heaven and looked over and saw Bud. And Bud looked at her and asked her, “Augusta, when did you get here?” She answered, “Just this morning. When did you get here?” And Bud told her; “I just got here this morning too.”
The Preacher said that in Heaven it is always the morning of the first day. That makes me feel good. My Grandmother is there. And I know that if it felt like 2 years to her she would be missing us. But as far as she is concerned she’s just been gone for a few hours. Someday she will turn around a see one of us and will hug us and ask us, “When did you get here?” And we will answer, “Just this morning.” And she will say, “ If I ever told it,,,(that’s just one of her expressions, I have no idea what it really means) I just got here too!”