Vigil is a reflection on my role as a hospice music therapist and my experience being present at a death. I feel it is a sacred honor to be a witness to someone's transition. There are physical signs that signal death is coming: the change in breathing, glassy eyes, color changes. For me there is also just a knowing. I feel my role is really to hold space for the dying and their loved ones. Sometimes the music provides "permission" for the person to leave this life. Many pe