On January 21, 1987, my Earth Mother, Shirley Mae Armstrong Johnson's soul left the plane we call Earth and transcended her body to Heaven,- as a result of Brain Cancer. As anyone could imagine my Mothers transition from this life to the next meant that I could no longer experience a mothers love the way i used to,,,,,,the way in which, we, as human beings in our current state of spiritual evolution that is, percieve these things,,,,,,,as a result I prayed consistently from then for several days, that I have but another moment with THE ONE I knew as Mom....

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     My prayer was wonderfully granted one night. I found myself in an area that could best be explained as being inside of a cloud, as in lightness and freedom, no form, no lines just pure white everywhere -- then I saw my mother standing in front of me, looking as she would have in her and my father's wedding picture and nearly instantaneously I had a sense of incredible limitless peace and joy but it went well beyond just the 'joy' of seeing my mom again,-it was something more because while a part of me understood it was her standing in front of me,- there was no pain or grief or excitement or any such emotion we might expect there to be during a similar Eartly encounter,- nothing but unbounding joy but not in the same sense we know this emotion,- on a level surpassing our Earthly abilities to encompass.

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     My mother was smilling, and I felt incredible Joy, Peace, and an absolute feeling of Comfort. Initially when I first found myself in this new place, the first sensation was one of "newness",,being in a place not totally familiar but yet,- 'it was'.

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     We then embraced ( although no physical sensation that one might expect ) and I soon knew instintively to let go..but the reason is obvious in that it was, 'time' to let go.

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     Upon awakening and going about my days,,- I immediately shared this with a friend of mine, - Ruth Nelson. Time passed and I moved from the area I grew up in called Council Bluffs, Iowa. I find my home in Washington State now,--but previous to this move and actually going through life out here in the pacific NW and meeting new people,,its become abundantly clear that there are those whose path has become slightly blurred by a lack of "Belief" in a life after this one.

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     Realizing this I soon therafter understood in part why God answered my prayer..that through MY journeys in life I can be a beacon of hope and renewed faith....God Bless everyone and may you find strength and a continuing faith in this offering as we forward into tomorrow not only on the tails of 911 but as a culture and people striving to fulfill our destiny of peaceful co-existence. I offer this in the hopes of giving a little hope back to those that may need some,--and/or the reassurance of knowing that a Heaven does indeed await us ALL and how wondrous it is indeed :)..Hence the reason for the dedication .

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     I choose the background here to show everyone visually, for now at least until and if I find something better that  depicts the experience with much more fidelity ( if that's even possible) ,  what I experienced during this encounter.

I Offer This Poem of my own writing, decades ago seeking the  meaning of life:

To Ponder From a Place in Time,

The Day when then Life's Stairs We'll Climb,

To Rise once more and Learn the TRUTH,

For Heaven's Gate we've stood the Proof,

For then at last our souls release

Our journeys end to eternal peace.

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May your Journey be fruitfull....