LIECHTENSTEIN
John and Mary were high school sweethearts. They met in third grade and stayed together since.
The first real birthday present John gave to Mary, as soon as he got his first job was an engagement ring. A lot of pizzas were delivered to help him to pay for that ring...
They got married in a local catholic church where the priest had been his friend at school. This friendship helped them to be good christians, help the community and live a simple a meaningful live.
Mary have always been happy. Some of her friends could never understood how could she stand so much happiness.
The couple got married as soon as John felt able to support a family.
Their life has always been happy. One of the few times they had a fight was because John spent almost the whole day baking a big cake to his wife’s birthday and she was afraid he wouldn’t be able to clean the kitchen to her likings.
Their three daughters, now married and with kids of their own, have always had a happy childhood and were already in the path to meet their happiness, just like their fathers.
Much faster them they anticipated, the age was catching up with them, particularly with John, whom, despite, did not stop pampering Mary the core, specially after retirement.
Of course Mary was happy with all the attention but, lately, it begun annoying her to a point of despair... If she was in the kitchen, her husband would come, willing to help, if the was in the garden, John would offer to clean after her, if she was watching TV, he, not only would seat after her, but also, would bag her to do anything of her liking. One day, when she was taking a shower, he offered himself to “clean” her back. Can you imagine? Making whoopee at that age!
Mary got to a point to fake headaches, which she almost never did through their whole life, just to be alone for a few hours.
The woman was desperate, didn’t know what to do to get rid of so much attention. She didn't want to divorce him because she loved him, nor tell him to stop being so mushy to avoid hurting his feelings. The only thing she wanted was a little peace and quiet.
One morning, she felt really bad, had a sudden stroke, and died.
John was heartbroken. He lost the love of his life. His daughters were afraid he would not survive that loss. One of the daughters even took him to live with her, fearing a suicide or something drastic.
Of course, Mary went straight to heaven...
Getting there, she was greeted by Saint Peter. After a brief talk when she explained that she could't take her husband anymore, that she would have killed herself if she didn't have died...
"That's earthly matters with which we don't get involved. Now you're here but, there is a drill to enter into heaven.” Said Saint Peter.
“What’s the drill?” She asked.
“You have to spell a word". Saint Peter said.
"What's the word?" She asked.
"Love". Saint Peter replied.
“ Oh! That’s easy. L - O - V - E”. She answered.
“ Very good! You’re in”.
As a new member of the heaven community, she would have to be instructed on how to greet newcomers. Not only to help Saint Peter, whom worked only one day of the week, but also to have something to do, Can you imagine spend eternity looking at the stars?
In her training, she was told to be responsible to choose the word to be spelled, that she was not allowed to use the same word for every person. That she had to work six hours per week at one of the heaven’s entrance to her assigned.
Finally, after one week in heaven, she found the peace she was looking, for so long.
On her first day at work in heaven, six in the morning, there she was, seated at her post. After a few people got in with no problem, she squinted her eyes, trying to recognize a man she saw walking in the clouds, at a distance.
Sure enough, it was John, her husband.
As trained, she said to him:
“Hi, John! To enter in heaven you have there is a drill.
"What's the drill?" He asked.
"You have to spell a word." Said Mary.
“What’s the word, darling?” He asked.
She replied:
“Liechtenstein.”
Copyright 9/2019 Eugene Colin
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