The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments

by Hadley Vlahos

As time has passed, I’ve found it to be generally true in life that, in the end, things are usually okay. Sometimes it just takes a lot of hard work and uncertainty to get there.

I am continually amazed at how life just continues on as usual, despite the tragedy that exists all around us.

I wish I would have spent more time with my loved ones. I wish I’d just eaten the damn cake.”

Her words changed me: Eat the cake. Since then, every time I am on the brink of bingeing or purging, I hear those words. And, every time, they stop me and remind me of what really matters most.

‘What we once deeply loved we can never lose, for all that we love deeply becomes a part of us.’