The Journey: Explaining the Mystery of Death to Children

It is hard to believe but this story started about 10 years ago when my youngest daughter kept asking me about death. My daughter continued to ask me about death over a period of several months. They say when a child asks a question and gets an adequate answer they don't have the need to ask the question anymore. No matter what I said my Jessica kept asking me, "What happens when you die?"

Being raised a Catholic I was taught to pray to the Holy Spirit when needing the right words in a par...