Why would life end with the end of the body’s service?  You are not the body.  The body houses you.  You do not take your body with you in your dreams, yet you experience life in your dreams.  You experience life in your current experience through the body, yet there is so much more to you than fingers and toes and a nose.  The soul knows.  The soul knows only experience.  It is not the body that experiences.  It is the mind.  Do you mind?  Do you mind setting aside your focus on the body for just a while and knowing what the soul knows? That one you love who no longer inhabits a body, be they human or beloved pet continues after the body dissolves.  Dissolve your tears in the awareness that you are Love in expression.  The body is a most excellent tool to express you. Use it wisely, but do not allow it to detract from the wisdom of the soul.  You are so very loved.