After dying in a car crash, three friends went to heaven for orientation. They were given the privilege of spiritually attending their funerals. They were each asked, "What would you like your friends and family members to say about you?" The physician answered, "I hope they will say that I was one of the great physicians of my time and a loving family man." The second deceased person, a schoolteacher, replied, "I would like to hear that I was a wonderful wife and teacher." The third auto victim thought for a moment and then replied, "I would like to hear my friends say, ‘Look, he's moving!' "

Humor helps us face the inevitable: our last resting place will be the coffin! We pray for a quick and painless death, perhaps a sinking into a deep, silent sleep. Such, however, was not the death o…