He came in from snowmobiling and spilled it.
While out in the snow, he thought once he might die.
He is scared, he says, of how his nails and hair will grow after he is dead.
I tried to explain how it wouldn't matter. He wouldn't feel it.
For now, my words are worthless. "Please don't talk about heaven because my belly will hurt again."

Suddenly I remember him asking me last week on the way to school what happens if someone is buried alive.
I spent five miles explaining all the techniques one could use to make sure a person is dead. And now I recall the botched burial of our recently departed chicken Sleepy Cloud. Just as I was about to drop her in the hole, I thought I felt her move. I made quite a production of double-checking her vital signs. This set off a world of questions, including references to Michael Jackson's Thriller video.

So maybe Miles is suffering with graveyard fears more so than mortality issues.
I think I'll let Chris tackle cremation, his family's choice of post death body maintenance.