Dying Alone (with the Angels)

I recently received the following heartbreaking message through my website. Normally this is the kind of message that I would answer with a private email, but the person who sent it did not give me her email address. So, I’ve remove some details to protect her privacy, but here’s the message:

Thank you for the recent article “Memento Mori: The Contemplation of Death and the Wonder of Life”
My daughter died from an overdose 2 weeks ago. I have horrible thoughts and visions of her dying alone, so ...