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What Happens When I Die?

What Happens When I Die?

Mortality, Denial, and that One Wild and Precious Life

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Naomi Krueger
Jul 06, 2023
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Where was I before I was born?

What happens when I die?

Will I be under the ground when I die?

When I’m in heaven, how I will I find you?

My four year old has always asked big, existential questions. Ever since he could talk, he has been concerned with the before and after questions of life. Tonight at dinner, he asked me if I would die before him. I told h…

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