“No. And I don’t want you to be scared either. This is the cycle of life. I went through it with my parents; you’ll go through it with yours. We get sick, we get old, and we die, and if we’re lucky, there’s family around to transition us from this side to the other. I pity the people that got nobody. I’m grateful I got you.” “Do you believe in the afterlife?” “I think it’s a requirement of membership in the Knights of Columbus. So, yes. I do.”