That would require thought. Much too strenuous.

I also have to wonder if my aunt who was horrible in a lot of ways (but believed Jesus was her savior) is in heaven right now with the mother (with dementia) she abused (I witnessed it myself); and if the fetus she aborted is also there with her--and what stage of development would it be?

I am truly sorry for your loss. I too lost my wife at a very young age, though perhaps fortunately from me, in some ways, because we had not been married long. So that, I was not burdened with a long history of life together, or the needs of children. Though yes I would dearly love to see her again, and for her to know the how far I have traveled and how much I have learned since then. For I think I am a better person now, and she will never share in that.

Sadly, I think that there is a great divide between the religious mind and the sceptical one, which can never be closed. And it relates to exactly this issue. Which is that it is in the nature of sceptics, never to think, that my desires for something and the truth of something are the same thing.

Don't be silly. You all pissed god off for being born and living your life, so will all burn in hell.

George and Barbara lost a 4 year old daughter to leukemia in the early 50s. I'm sorry about your first wife. Remember her fondly because you won't reunite with her unless she appears in a dream. She's gone and so will you be. If you are religious and believe in the afterlife, that's your thing. I think when people die we never see them again. I believe when we die...fade to black.