A Place Called Home

'Where's heaven mommy?' inquired daughter.
'Heaven is a made-up place some people say we go to when we die dear. Do you know what dying is?' responded mother.
'My teacher told me when we die we go to sleep for a really long time and if we're good we get to eat all the cookies we want.' the daughter replied.
'I'm going to have to have a talk with that teacher' mumbled mother under her breathe. 'Well that's not entirely true my love. When we die we don't really know what happens to us. Some people are scared by that so they make up situations that they feel comfortable with so they don't have to think about it as much. No one really knows, and you don't have to be afraid of death either. Just because you may not know what happens after something does not mean you have to fear it. As a matter of fact you can enjoy living more because this is what you do have and here we are together right now and we can go ice skating if you want to!
'Yeah!' exclaimed daughter with upmost enthusiasm.
'Meet by the stairs! Race you!'