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Two 90-year-old women, Bertha and Betty, had been best friends all of their lives.
When it was clear that Bertha was dying, Betty visited her every day.
One day Betty said, βBertha, we both loved playing softball all our lives, and we played all through high school.β
βPlease do me one favor: When you get to heaven, somehow you must let me know if thereβs womenβs softball there.β
Bertha looked up at Betty from her deathbed and said,
βBetty, youβve been my best friend for many years. If itβs at all possible, Iβll do this favor for you.β
Shortly after that, Bertha passed on.
A few nights later, Betty was awakened from a sound sleep by a blinding flash of white light and a voice calling out to her,
βBetty, Betty.β
βWho is it?β asked Betty, sitting up suddenly. βWho is it?β
βBetty β itβs me, Bertha.β
βYouβre not Bertha. Bertha just died.β
βIβm telling you, itβs me, Bertha,β insisted the voice.
βBertha! Where are you?β
βIn heaven,β replied Bertha. βI have some really good news and a little bad news.β
βTell me the good news first,β said Betty.
βThe good news,β Bertha said, βIs that thereβs womenβs softball in heaven.β
βBetter yet, all of our old buddies who died before me are here, too.β
βEven better than that, weβre all young again.β
βBetter still, itβs always springtime and it never rains or snows.β
βAnd best of all, we can play softball all we want, and we never get tired.β
βThatβs fantastic,β said Betty. βItβs beyond my wildest dreams! So whatβs the bad news?β
Bertha replies,
βYouβre pitching Tuesday.β