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Be Not Afraid Dyinga shaking shoulder, ointment to moisten dry lips.Though modest, such acts of kindness are all mostpeople want or need at the end. Helen Prejean, a nunwho has accompanied prison inmates to their deaths,notes that even when there is nothing else you can dofor a dying person, you can make sure that the last facehe sees comforts him with eyes of love.Unfortunately, the dying often take their last breathsalone. Sometimes a person appears to be slipping away,but hangs on for weeks or months. In other cases, aperson may seem to be on the mend, only to surpriseeveryone by dying suddenly. Interestingly, hospiceworkers have found that when a person is worriedthat his death might distress loved ones, he may try tospare them by waiting until he is alone, and only thenbreathing his last.On the day that Rob, an old friend, died a few yearsago, he called his wife and children to his room, toldthem each how much he loved them, and wished themwell for the future. Hours later he was gone. Brad,another friend, was unable to say goodbye. When hefell ill, his children (all adults) traveled long distancesto see him one more time. One of them alwaysremained at his bedside, ready to call the others ata moment’s notice. When the end came, however, itcame so quickly that most of his children were not in14