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

by Hadley Vlahos

live for today, not the fears of tomorrow—a

no matter what our different circumstances might be, death is a part of life for each and every one of us—there

“I keep thinking about all the times when I was invited to the beach with my friends and didn’t go because of the way my stomach looked. All the birthday dinners I skipped because I made all my own meals so I could obsessively count calories. I even skipped out on having friends over on my birthday because I didn’t want to have to eat cake.”

Eat the cake.

Death is like birth: You know it’s coming, but the timing is unpredictable (only even more so in the case of death), and it’s an anxiety-ridden process of waiting.

no matter what you believe, everyone dies the same way.

money, luck, and circumstances do not change how things end.

achieving the “picture-perfect” life, like I believe you two had, will not prevent the inevitable fact that we all die.