‘I was driving along in my car and suddenly I’m here, wherever ‘here’ is.’ ‘You are in Heaven. To be specific: Heavenly Reception: Depart...ent T68, Basic Life forms.’ There was a pause. ‘What do you mean – drive a – what did you call it – a car?’ There was a short period of silence while Stacy digested this information. ‘OK. Heaven.’ He paused, thought and went on: ‘Therefore, I seem to have died for some reason, but I’ll deal with that shortly. And yes, I was driving a car. It’s a device for. "We were aiming for JJ. We didn't notice you." "Oh, so you apologize to her but not me?" I asked in a fake offended voice. By now we had reached our rooms. "Yeah. That's ’cause we like her more." With that parting shot, the boys disappeared into our room, and Kylie went into hers and Kelly's. I stayed outside with Kelly in the hall and hugged her. While she was pressed against my chest I said, "Since it's our last night here I'm looking for an opportunity to make it really special." We had not. That winter we were eking out a hard-bitten existence. Fortunately, all summer long we had cut and stacked firewood down one side of our old house, so we stayed warm and cozy.In addition, my mother, like every other year, had spent the summer canning hundreds of Mason jars filled with beans, tomatoes, peaches, and other items.Anyway, on a bitter cold windy Saturday morning, with the wind howling outside, my Uncle Hank knocked on our door. His daughter Frances' little girl had died.He had come. There is no tomboy there anymore, she is all girlygirl now!"I was scared at what type of freak I was going to see in the mirror as Ifelt Kathy start to turn the chair around. What type of curly hairedfreak did they turn me into? I am going to look like Little Orphan Annie!My knees were shaking as I closed my eyes until I felt the chair stop. Istared into the mirror I couldn't believe the girl staring back at me.She was not a freak but a cute 15 year old girl! The soft curls cascadedthroughout.