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

by Hadley Vlahos

reminded myself to live for today, not the fears of tomorrow—a

“The surge of energy almost everyone gets before dying,” he said, as if this was a well-known medical fact. I now know that the surge is a common occurrence. Often, loved ones who witness it think that the patient is somehow miraculously in the process of recovering. But to those in the know, it’s a sign that death is imminent and will likely occur within the next few days.

“You’re going to have to give up your ideal life in order to live the life planned for you.

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