Land of milk and honey and streets paved with gold!

I wonder now if the roads beyond the 'Pearly Gates'

still drip with milk and honey.

That returning heaven bound,

would be as effortless as awaking every morning

refreshed and renewed.

Maybe one does not like honey, in and of itself,

yet, imagine the thought of Heaven being

a great vacation destination.

Would it be enough to dispel the fear of a re-awakening

in a place of uncertainty,

and so gently calm our morbid fear of death

and now be quite assured that...

Heaven is welcoming and beautiful.

As children growing up

we were convinced somehow,

that Heaven's roads were paved with milk and honey

or maybe just trees dripping with golden honey

While angels sang us welcome home with golden jars

and little cherubs offering sterling silver shiny cups

or some such, to sate our thirst after that long journey heavenward.

We always ever wonder how accommodating

heaven will be

to offer fresh milk and honey from angels every single day

as they await our inevitable erstwhile visit

to our vast and immortal heavenly family

waiting patiently for our timely return.

While we skeptically anticipated this fated visit, however,

the next best place to heaven for us to go

Was the good old U S A.

The roads in the United States of America

were paved with gold and silver

and living there meant a life of ease

and lots of wonderful things to eat.

The beautiful dreams of our childhood

rang true as we waited our turn to make a visit,

first to USA...and later, hopefully...much later,

take that loved and dreaded visit up to Heaven!!!!!

Then a really fortunate/unfortunate thing happened!!!!!!!!!!!!

WE GREW UP!!!!!!!

Finding answers now became quite the conundrum and dilemma!!!!!!!!

SIGH!!!!!!!!!

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