MustangGal, if you can get the book dots recommended to me. It speaks of recurring dreams that the dying have, along with so much more.

I remember when my maternal grandmother was near her death moment. She was in a place other than the hospital, readying for a family meal of some sort. She was talking to sisters that were long passed and she was making movements as if she were standing in a kitchen, reaching for baking goods and talking to family that wasn't present (for me to see anyway). She was flat on her back in a hospital bed, but I could tell, in her mind, she was some other place - a good place for her - she was a great cook and did it often for everyone she loved... the book made this make sense to me.