Dr. Tom Curran reflects on his mother’s recent death and explores eight aspects of death: 1. Death vs. Dying, 2. Giving permission, 3. Faith makes all the difference! 4. The veil between heaven and earth thins as death approaches, 5. Our death is immersed in the Paschal Mystery, 6. Give testimony, 7. What is lost in concreteness is gained in universality, and 8. The mystery of God’s providence.