“So this is the other side of wonder.” 

This was the first thought that crossed her mind as she stepped through the doorway from life to death to life beyond. Glory and light in harmony and pure delight and everywhere, goodness, truth and beauty. Everything was right and everywhere joy beyond joy beyond joy which she knew now would roll forward as an endless wave which she could ride for all eternity. 

She looked for Virgil, but that story was below. She realized there was no need for a guide. All was light beyond light and grace flowed from love. There was shadow, for it is in the contrast that beauty lies, and everywhere was beauty, but there was no darkness. And all the monsters beneath the bed of her heart had fled, for the light of love had chased fear and pain and anxiety—even death itself, away.

Now as she walked forward there was and would forever be, only wonder.

This was a story written in response to writers prompt #140 at Writer’s Digest (https://www.writersdigest.com/your-story-140)