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This story is about a close-knit family called The Bullocks, who lived in a funeral home in Bari, Ontario.

The father of the family was a funeral director, and they lived with their five children in living space directly over the top of the funeral home.

Having been exposed to the reality of death and the business of death care all their lives,

the Bullock family were quite spiritual.

For this family, death was just as much a part of life as living itself.

They spoke about it often as though it was something that all families did.

They were pragmatic in their belief that everyone has their time.

But as the siblings grew up, they brought in new partners and grew their own families.

New people mean new family dynamics,

causing complexities within relationships,

and cracks can turn into canyons.

In 2006, the Bullock family would find themselves

having to confront their beliefs about death and family

in the most devastating of ways.

Colin Bullock is one of the five siblings and in 1991 he and his then-wife Tammy

welcomed a son called Brayton, an easy-going little boy with dark brown hair. As he grew up,

everyone knew Brayton as fun and friendly. He was well-liked and the centre of his parents' world.

He was also a bright spark in the wider Bullock family and was especially close with one of his

cousins, Kyla.

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