I was sending a note to a friend who asked me about my religion. I kinda like what I wrote so I thought I would share it to my blog.
One thing about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is that we teach that we have a life beyond the grave. In that case, when some one dies (we all will die eventually) you are not just put in a grave and that is the end of existence. When I go then to the next existence the beauty of the teachings I believe are that I am still able to be joined together and connected to my family in this life and in the next. When I have a family of my own that would be especially of the utmost importance as I do not want to just marry someone whom I love and want to spend my life with then die and be alone again. If I love him here and share the bond of 50+ years being married, children, life, love, experiences... I don't want to just die and that's that. That is a depressing thought to me.
I lived with my Grandpa during my first few years of college and became really close with him. He was 93 at the time I moved in with him and my Grandma had already passed away. He missed her so much as over 59 years of marriage they had been best friends/companions. He was excited to exit this life to join her again in the next existence. I was happy for him when that time came but then I was the one left sad and missing him as I became close to him while living with him. But I have the promise that no matter what I can talk to him again. I can hear him tell his silly jokes and hug my Grandma again because of the promises of my faith.