My father died on June 18th of this year - he was just shy of 87.

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8. I believe that toward death, the person hovers between the two planes.

I've thought about it a lot. My father saw his brother by his bedside for several days before he passed. He saw others come and go, but I can't remember who he said they were. He acted like he knew them, but I didn't recognize some of the names. I was young and thought it was really creepy.

Fast forward 11 years, and I'm in the hospital with my Mom. My brother and I knew that the end was not far off. She was passing from complications from Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC). As we sat with her one evening, she was talking to someone on the other side of the bed than where we were. When I asked who was visiting, she was irked at me because it was her brother (my Uncle Harry). According to her, he hadn't been gone so long that I should have forgotten him. He had passed away 3 years earlier. She said "Don't you see him?"

I tried to see something (if it was a shadow, the way the curtain fell, etc). I ended up telling her "Mom, I'm not going to say that Uncle Harry isn't there, but I'm just telling you that *I* can't see him. She seemed fine after that, although she continued to hold a conversation with him. I had to get home to my husband and new baby for the night, so I told her I'd be back in the morning, but to have a nice visit with Uncle Harry. I told Uncle Harry to keep watch over Mom until I returned.

When I returned the next morning, Mom was sitting up in bed and they were trying to get her to take some food. Within an hour, she had passed.

So yeah, I believe we can see across the plane.