The words of the dying can often tell us things we need to hear, and in the process, we can also help them to move on.
Our guest today began transcribing conversations with her terminally ill father and she found his personality had undergone changes that couldn’t easily be explained.
Lisa Smartt collected hundreds of final words- analyzed them for patterns and themes. Many of those are included in her book- Words at the Threshold: What We Say as We’re Nearing Death.
