Death has been at the forefront of my life since childhood. The first time I remember experiencing death was discovering our dog Rusty at the bottom of our backyard stairwell.

A few years later it was my brother, then my dad, then several friends, then my grandmother, then my sister. Finally, in 2007 I had had enough. I decided to study and research death.

Oddly enough. Many of the answers I was seeking were standing in front of me all of my life. In my grandfather Big Daddy!