Late-night musings

Dear Editor:

In religious circles we hear whispers about Jesus coming back and taking his people to heaven with him, therefore bypassing the grave. This is called the rapture!

I ponder this as I lay awake in the wee hours of the morning, after making my second trip to the bathroom. We older folks spend a lot of time in the bathrooms of the world. It was an interesting endeavour to pursue the locating of possible bathroom sites during the pandemic, and still is. I had to stay within a half-hour’s drive of the nearest loo.

I have discovered that construction sites are very promising, with Portapotties dotting the landscape of Wellington County around every corner.

It is 4am and I’m up writing as I could not sleep any longer, with heavy thoughts on my mind such as the rapture and dying. What might it mean to me; is there going to be a time so wonderful as this, the rapture? Will I live long enough, if this is so, or will the grim reaper visit me some night and take me to meet Saint Peter at those pearly gates of heaven?

I would rather skip the dying part as the rapture suggests and magically wake up on the other side. Is there another chapter after our life here on earth? I hope so, after all I am a writer.

Have another cup of tea and change the subject, that is what most of us do. Maybe I won’t change the subject just yet. Time is growing short for me so, perhaps I need to sit here in my chair and ponder this subject a little longer. Oh, my tea is finished. I’m going back to bed to catch a little more shuteye.

I will visit the bathroom first. See you later, maybe.

Brenda L. Demmans, Fergus