What Happens when you Die?
August 30, 2008
“Do you go to the hospital?” As asked by my 4 year old daughter today upon learning that her great-grandmother passed away. Here’s the rest of the conversation:
me: Umm, no honey, the hospital is for sick people. Once you’re dead, that’s it. You get put in the ground.
daughter: Why?
me: That’s what happens when you die, your body is put in the ground. It has to go somewhere. Eventually it will turn to bones.
daughter: Why?
me: That’s what happens over time.
This is followed by literally dozens and dozens more “Why” questions which I soon realize will never end. “That’s just the way it is.” I replied in the same way that Robert Deniro is told in the movie Goodfellas when Joe Pesci gets wacked when he was supposed to get made. And then I quickly change the subject to move on to something else.
