“In sorrow, we must go, but not in despair. Behold, we are not bound forever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory, Farewell.”

It is important to know that death is not the end, only the beginning. Death is the pathway to eternal life. I know it is still hard, but God can always make good out of a bad situation, even death.

I miss my first-born daughter in a way no one else could possibly miss her. My relationship with her was unlike anyone else’s, and the void in my life and in my family feels so vacuous at times and it’s a very lonely and isolated place to be. The disbelief that the accident actually happened and resulted in Anna’s instant death washes over me again and again. How can it possibly be true?

So, I was thinking about this random idea: what if it was my purpose to die? What if the main reason I was put on this earth, besides to glorify God and get to Heaven, is to die?