The best I can remember this was a party of some sort that we had for Granny Vance which was Granny Poston’s mother. It was one of those generational photos. Granny Vance is seated with our twins flanking her on each side. In the back row is Danny standing in front of Mark, me holding Matthew, Martha, Granny Imogene, Pa DT, and Joel.

Our family has been looking through old photos this week to share tonight as we go to the funeral home for Granny Poston’s visitation.

As I looked at this picture it brought back so many memories. In the early years we dressed the twins alike….it was cute and fun, plus I bought their clothes used from a classmate of mine that had twin girls born in the same season but a year older. Little Danny was so cute but I never remembered rolling his pant legs up like that. Mark was sure handsome and he had lots of hair back then. I sure looked pale and thin as I was frazzled during this time to say the least. Martha and Joel still lived at home with Granny Imogene and Pa DT and older brother David was away in the Air Force with his family.

Granny Poston is smiling from ear to ear as she had gotten us all together as this was her element. Pa looked as if he might rather be at home sitting outside under a shade tree but because he loved family he was there too.

Granny Vance had a bad leg so she was sitting down. She was the honoree and I think we were celebrating her birthday.

I got to thinking about my heavenly family and how many are already up there and how they died at all different ages and how the Bible says we will all be known there as we are known. When I was a little girl I was so confused about that part and asked my Mom how that could even be possible since people die at all different ages.

My Mom explained it to me in this way; she said you know how you plant corn in the garden? First you have the seed that you put in the ground and then you have the stalks that come up that look nothing like the seeds and then you have the ears that form that are even different still but you recognize it ever bit as corn? Well, that is exactly how we will know everybody in heaven…. made sense after that.

We have our families here on earth but up in heaven we will all be family and even more people to enjoy and be with.

The Bible in Ephesians chapter 2 verses 19-22 says it like this:

In reading all of these verses why would anyone not want to go there? We enjoy so much here on earth with our families but if we are saved we die and go to heaven and meet up with all these other people that become family to us too and then we all live forever!

We should be talking this up every single day! What a deal God gives us access to! We don’t pay a penny for it because Jesus died on the cross and paid for it all!

We should be like Granny Imogene in this picture and be smiling ear to ear as we think about going to heaven and we should invite as many people here on earth as we possibly can and let them know that up there we are going to be family …. and there’s nothing like BEING FAMILY!