Sorry, I've been away for a while - I hope to rectify that in another month after I finish processing the rest of the stuff in my garage, which still needs to go into storage.
Today is Mother's Day, and it also marks the 56th anniversary of my Daddy "spanning Jordan's swelling tide" into Heaven. The phrase comes from his favorite hymn, "Life is Like a Mountain Railway." My mother told me about it yesterday. I almost choked up reading the lyrics because he not only lived the song, but he died the song as well, going from his train car into Glory.
Here's the last stanza and refrain:
You behold the Union Depot
Into which your train will glide;
There you'll meet the Sup'rintendent,
God the Father, God the Son,
With the hearty, joyous plaudit,
"Weary pilgrim, welcome home."
Till we reach the blissful shore,
Where the angels wait to join us
In Thy praise forevermore.
More details can be found here with accompanying links (although the character portrait info is no longer viewable).
And someone has done a nice write-up on the hymn here.
Short and sweet...just getting my writing feet wet again...
