End-of-life nurse reveals one movement people frequently make when they’re close to death 😭😭

Katie Duncan, a hospice nurse and death care coach, has witnessed a touching phenomenon many patients show just before dying—a reaching motion, as if grasping something invisible above them.

Often accompanied by visions of deceased loved ones, bright lights, or angelic figures, patients sometimes reach upward, smile, or speak to unseen presences. Though medically unexplained, these moments are common in hospice care and usually bring peace rather than fear.

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Families have shared how these gestures offered comfort—signaling that their loved ones felt accompanied and ready to let go.

Katie calls this a “mystical” part of dying, a humbling, beautiful transition that reminds caregivers why their work matters—not only in easing pain but honoring the sacred mystery of saying goodbye.