Why, don’t you believe that people go to purgatory and then later on they can go to heaven? I don’t think anyone really knows for one hundred percent certain when we go to heaven. I like to think our spirits go right after death. Our bodies won’t at that time. I don’t believe our spirits, if they are in heaven after our death, have anything to say about what goes on here on earth. No tears in heaven, remember? If they saw what was going on here and with beloved family members, they’d have tears alright.