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Two 90-year-old women, Rose and Barb,
had been friends all of their lives.
When it was clear that
Rose was dying, Barb visited her every day. One day Barb said,
"Rose, we both loved playing tennis all our lives, and we played all
through High School. Please do me one favor: when you get to
Heaven, somehow you must let me know if there's tennis
there."
Rose looked up at Barb from her deathbed and said, "Barb,
you've been my best friend for many years. If it's at all possible,
I'll do this favor for you." Shortly after that, Rose passed
on.
At midnight a few nights later, Barb was awakened from a sound
sleep by a blinding flash of white light and a voice calling out to
her, "Barb, Barb." "Who is it?" asked Barb, sitting up suddenly. "Who
is it?"
"Barb -- it's me, Rose."
"You're not Rose.
Rose just died."
"I'm telling you, it's me, Rose," insisted the
voice.
"Rose! Where are you?"
"In Heaven," replied
Rose. "I have some really good news and a little bad
news."
"Tell me the good news first," said
Barb.
"The good news," Rose said, "is that there's tennis in
Heaven. Better yet, all of our old buddies who died before us are here,
too. Better than that, we're all young again. Better still, it's
always springtime, and it never rains or snows. And best of all, we
can play tennis all we want, and we never get tired."
"That's
fantastic," said Barb. "It's beyond my wildest dreams! So what's the
bad news?"
"You're playing Tuesday."
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