I haven't lost a parent yet but I'm sure the time will eventually come. I have lost a grandfather though a few years ago. I was the last one to see him. He suffered a lot in his life and watched a daughter, a wife, and a mother wither away and lose the battle to cancer.... well, his mom died of very old age Anyhow, the point is, he died with a smile on his face... as if saying that he was able to take all this stuff life had to throw at him and survive like a man! He was ready to let go and was done. I want to die like that. I don't believe in other side. I don't believe in ghost stories and people flying back and forth through multiple universes and spirits and big red rats with pitch forks. I believe in life and I think of death as the end to life. People have always tried to justify their current existence using their imagination and somehow concocting a "next step" ... well ... that's all it is. Imagination!!!!