Hey everyone, Jonathan here.

This week, we're re-releasing a story of mine from this American life about a grief

counseling center for kids called The Sharing Place.

We wanted to play this story for you because it involved some of the same things that we

talk about on heavy weight, where I often find myself speaking with adults who are grappling

with traumatic moments from the distant past.

But in this story, I'm talking with children who are grappling with those moments in the

present as kids.

That's coming up right after the break.

A quick warning, this story involves children talking to adults about death and other

sensitive subject matter.

There's a house in Salt Lake City where kids come to have death explaining to them.

Not just that people die, but how they die.

It's called The Sharing Place, and the first person they meet there is Joe McFarlane.

This is how she explains a heart attack.

Your heart stopped working and couldn't move your blood through your body.

She has a quiverful of kid-sized explanations for all the ways that life can end, like kidney

failure.

Your kidneys are washing machines for your blood, and when you're blood, they stop working

in your blood sturdy, then it poisons your body and you die.

Overdoses?

Overdose is when you have a sickness in your brain, called addiction, and addiction makes

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