{"id":16,"date":"2014-07-20T01:24:19","date_gmt":"2014-07-20T06:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.billschwabdesign.com\/wordpress\/?p=16"},"modified":"2016-02-22T18:35:22","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T00:35:22","slug":"a-letter-from-heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billschwabdesign.com\/wordpress\/a-letter-from-heaven\/","title":{"rendered":"A Letter From Heaven"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This piece was created as a tribute and memorial to my dearest sister and best friend, Eloise Schwab. She left March 19, 2014 to join her maker and those that came before her. While loved by all who knew her, no one shall miss her more than I.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billschwabdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/letterFromHeaven-4_web.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.billschwabdesign.com\/wordpress\/a-letter-from-heaven\/letterfromheaven-4_web\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billschwabdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/letterFromHeaven-4_web.jpg?fit=1296%2C864&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1296,864\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"A Letter From Heaven\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;A letter from Eloise to let us all know she is OK.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billschwabdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/letterFromHeaven-4_web.jpg?fit=474%2C316&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20\" title=\"&quot;A Letter From Heaven&quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billschwabdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/letterFromHeaven-4_web-1024x682.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"To my dearest family. some things I\u2019d to say. But first of all, to let you know, that I arrived okay. I\u2019m writing this from heaven. Here I dwell with God above. Here, there\u2019s no more tears of sadness; Here, there is just eternal love. Please do not be unhappy, just because I am out of sight. Remember that I am with you every morning, noon, and night. That day I had to leave you when my life on Earth was through, God picked me up and hugged me and He said, \u201cI welcome you.\u201d It\u2019s good to have you back again, You were missed while you were gone. As for your dearest family, they\u2019ll be here later on. I need you here so badly, you\u2019re part of my plan. There\u2019s so much that we have to do, To help our mortal man. God gave me a list of things, that he wished for me to do. And foremost on the list, was to watch and care for you. And when you lie in bed at night, The day\u2019s chores put to flight, God and I are closest to you\u2026 in the middle of the night. When you think of my life on Earth and all those loving years. Because you are only human, they are bound to bring you tears. But do not be afraid to cry; it does relieve the pain. Remember there would be no flowers, unless there was some rain. I wish that I could tell you all that God has planned. If I were to tell you, you wouldn\u2019t understand. But one thing is for certain, Though my life on Earth is over. I\u2019m closer to you now, than I ever was before. There are many rocky roads ahead of you and many hills to climb. But together we can do it by taking one day at a time. It was always my philosophy and I\u2019d like it for you too: That as you give unto the world, the world will give to you. If you can help somebody who\u2019s in sorrow and in pain, Then you can say to God at night\u2026 \u201cMy day was not in vain.\u201d And now I am contented\u2026 that my life was worthwhile, Knowing as I passed along the way, I made somebody smile. So if you meet somebody who is sad and feeling low: Just lend a hand to pick them up, as on your way you go. While you\u2019re walking down the street, And you\u2019ve got me on your mind, I\u2019m walking in your footsteps only half a step behind. And when it\u2019s time for you to go\u2026 From that body to be free, Remember you\u2019re not going\u2026you\u2019re coming home to me. - Eloise -\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billschwabdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/letterFromHeaven-4_web.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billschwabdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/letterFromHeaven-4_web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billschwabdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/letterFromHeaven-4_web.jpg?w=1296&amp;ssl=1 1296w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billschwabdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/letterFromHeaven-4_web.jpg?w=948&amp;ssl=1 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p><h3>Conception and Idea<\/h3><p>A month \u00a0had passed by since her death. The previous two months had been somber with rigorous travel schedules to include in the midst of the unfolding reality.<\/p><p>Returning home, sad and tired, it was time to get down to business, and get the taxes done. The aftermath usually includes going through and cleaning out the file box. Moving through the task, I happened to go through a file folder named Personal. In it, is material that gets\u00a0stashed away because \u00a0it is either neat stuff or may mean something some day.<\/p><p>Systematically reviewing each item in the folder, I came across two worn printed pages containing the text content of this letter. The pages were dated 1998 and the original was signed from Jean. There was no source of where they came from. Jean&#8217;s words were moving to say the least and I credit her for moving me to produce this piece.<\/p><p>It was no accident those pages were printed and filed that day so many years ago.<\/p><h3>Technique and Production<\/h3><p>Composite image was produced in Photoshop CS6. More to follow.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This piece was created as a tribute and memorial to my dearest sister and best friend, Eloise Schwab. She left March 19, 2014 to join her maker and those that came before her. While loved by all who knew her, no one shall miss her more than I.Conception and IdeaA month \u00a0had passed by since &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billschwabdesign.com\/wordpress\/a-letter-from-heaven\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Letter From Heaven<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-print-and-web"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billschwabdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/letterFromHeaven-4_web.jpg?fit=1296%2C864&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billschwabdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billschwabdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billschwabdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billschwabdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billschwabdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.billschwabdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1113,"href":"https:\/\/www.billschwabdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions\/1113"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billschwabdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billschwabdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billschwabdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billschwabdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}