At her father’s wake, my 8-year-old sister refused to leave the coffin, sitting in silence as she stared at him for hours. We assumed she was in shock—until late that night, when she climbed inside to lie beside him. We rushed to pull her out, but then something occurred… something so impossible it left everyone in the room speechless….
It was a cold November afternoon in Boston when we gathered at the funeral home. My father had passed suddenly…