Interestingly, these two people both have an experience with death that has shaped how they feel about death and dying. Poe mentions that he had a "friend in high school who owned a funeral home - strange - watching them put makeup on a body to prepare for a funeral and make people cry, seems like a strange process when you're young." This experience has shaped how she views death and the dying process as it expresses the disconnect our society has demonstrated within the burial, funeral, and grieving process. Kirstin also had a personal experience with death as a young woman when she explains, “Stephanie and Ashley (friends killed in a murder/suicidal car crash by their father) had a big influence on my idea of ​​death when I was so young… it really makes you think anything could happen to you