The next person Eddie encounters in heaven is his captain, his commanding officer in the war. Eddie and his captain were together in the war for a very long time. They had been through alot together in the war, and Eddie had looked up to him greatly. He had soon learned that the captain had died trying to protect his soldiers, Eddie was devastated. He talked to Eddie about sacrifice. How we should not regret it. That we should aspire all of our sacrifices, even the small ones. He told Eddie how he shot him during the war, and taught him that, he may have lost something but h also gained his life.
The next person we meets is Ruby Pier, the wife of the man who built the amusement park Eddie had worked at for so long. She told him how the amusment park came to be, and that she was the one who inspired the name of the park. She talks to him about forgiving his father, for the things he had done wrong to him. She tells Eddie some surprising details about his father's life. Now that Eddie learned these things about his father, he understands more, he can finally forgive his father.
Then he gets to see his wife Marguerite, they had met at seventeen years old. Eddie knew right then that was the woman he was going to marry. In heaven he had alot of time with her, time to talk and to embrace eachother. She shows him how their love was never lost. That all life has to come to an end but that love lasts forever. She tells him that when some senses weaken others heighten.
The last person Eddie meets in heaven is a little girl name Tala. Tala explained to him that she was a young child in the Phillipines. She had been their when Eddie and the other soldiers destroyed the village. She had been the shadow Eddie had thought he had seen. He wept knowing what he had done. She showed him that he did have a purpose that he kept children safe. She told him that she was the one who brought him to heaven to keep him safe.
This is the story of Edward Beitchman, and the five people he met in heaven. It's about their stories and how they impacted Eddie's life and how he impacted their's. He was taught about the life cycle, sacrifice, forgiveness, love and his life purpose.
