Never bemoan your age as it beats the alternative. Grandma A said that if you live to be 100 life is short. With age comes wisdom we hope. With age comes experiences some good and some instructive.

Age brings self-actualization. Your eyes fail but you can see more clearly. What we have been dithering with and playing trivial pursuit now we value and cherish.

‘Welcome to your beginning, He said. ‘You have made it through the door and now comes the fun part,’ He continued. ‘At the next station She will provide you with a Welcome Pack of all the necessary items you will need for the next stage of your journey,’ He smiled as He patted Baby on his back.

‘Burp,’ Baby uttered with a satisfied sigh. ‘Oh my goodness excuse me I do not know where my manners are,’ Baby apologized.

‘Not at all it is a common occurrence upon arrival at this stage of the journey,’ She said with a look of benevolence. ‘We have been waiting for you for some time and now your big day is here,’ She continued.

‘I noticed that you call me Baby no one has called me Baby since I was born and that was 90 years ago,’ Baby observed. I was a mover and a shaker as they say somewhere,’ Baby said with a look of accomplishment. ‘I commanded men and held high office I even have the title of President,’ Baby said with a wink.

‘As I mentioned this is your big day you have made it through the door you have friends here that are longing to see you,’ He said. ‘It is all in the Welcome Packet it takes some adjustment to become accustomed to the change but you will,’ He noted. ‘The contemplation of the never-ending vastness of God is intriguing, He said.

‘You keep saying that I have made it through the door, ‘Burp…Yawn,’ and what is the door,’ Baby asked?

‘All that you have done was done in the foyer you were not yet in the House and now you are inside…it is all in the Manual,’ She said with steady joy.