Ah, but you see, that's where I beg to differ. I don't place a higher value on one life than another. My personal choice, and no, I don't have children - in which case I would send them on - would always be to stay or go only with my animals. I couldn't live with myself doing anything else. That's not to condemn someone who chooses diffferently - everyone has to live - or die - with their own choices and make the choices they can live with. Dying isn't the worst thing that can happen, after all.