While death may look like a loss to the living, the last hours of a dying person may very well be filled with fullness rather than emptiness. - David Kessler

We arrive in the middle of the movie and we leave in the middle of the movie.

talk to other parents who are broken and bitter and feel robbed at the loss of a child. They want to know why I wasn't destroyed by Jim's death. I tell them that his life had meaning even though it was so short, and perhaps he wasn't meant to be here any longer. Being with him when he died was a gift, and I've learned to trust in God, his sovereignty, and his faithfulness. I

Visions, Trips, and Crowded Rooms: Who and What You See Before You Die.