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For years as a classroom teacher, I have used the imagination/meditation in this book with children from grade one through grade eight whenever the question of death came up. It provides a satisfactory attempt at explaining the unexplainable. When my own mother died, my youngest niece was four years old and her parents and I used this "Can You Imagine?" meditation with her. We told her what she would see at the funeral home and that, if she wanted to, she could touch Grandma's hand. If she did that, Grandma's hand would be cold, "Because she wasn't in there anymore."

Laura Rangos has captured the essence of the meditation in her illustrations, replete with images of life. Before you read this to a child, I suggest you read it through at least once, paying special attention to the illustrations. Then, as you read it together, a combination of words and illustrations can tell the story of the human spirit which, even after death, lives forever.

Finally, using the content, lead the child through each step of the meditation.

Sister Mary Ann Dixon, O.P.

Your imagination is a wonderful gift! It can teach you great lessons; it can take you on long journeys; it can help you to understand many things which grownups cannot figure out!

Imagine that!

 
Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, THAT'S the part of you that lives on after your body dies. The part that keeps on living is the YOU that is inside. Some people call this your spirit; some call it your soul. We believe that this part of you lives on -- even after your body dies.

Copies of  "Can You Imagine?" are available for $10.00 plus 6% Michigan sales tax. Shipping and handling will be added for books not picked up at SJF. Visit www.heartthemes.com or email Laura Rangos at lrdesign@comcast.net for more information. 

A sample copy and order forms are available in the parish office in Laura Rangos' mail slot.