I was brought up in church and the idea of Heaven. Hopefully it's real, but even if it is, I'm not sure it's as everyone portrays it to be. I believe in ghosts but have no explanation for them. I understand the view that once the body dies, that's it. It disintegrates and nothing is left. But I feel there has to be something more. I used to be afraid of death til our fire in December. Now I feel if I got cancer or something, I'm not sure I'd fight it. Maybe it would just be my time, and after the pain I've been going through since the fire, I think maybe I'd be ready for it. Life is tiring. I believe animals have souls, too, if people do, and I'm just ready to get to Heaven and be surrounded by all the animals I've lost again. I lost my 10 cats in the fire and several more over the years. I could give St. Francis a run for his money. Cats, birds, goats, a dog or 2... To me that's something to look forward to I suppose.