There were three of us at the cremation today. We finished saying our good-byes and gave the sign to start the process. The oven opened instantly like some tiny hell portal. I think I’ve never experienced a point of no return as poignantly as I did at that moment. As the coffin slid in and the flames creeped up to it from all sides like sirens to a lost sailor, I knew only one thing for sure: life is beautiful.