I believe in an afterlife. Many a time I've felt the presence of the pets I've cared about/for and my Mum's even better than me at sensing spirits.

Me and Mum were talking about this and mum said that she knows that we all go to those we love.

The alternative is just too heartbreaking for me to even consider, as in "we die and never see those our hearts cry for ever again, the end"