21 Days of Harvest Author:Christine Buckley As I re-entered Mom's room, I saw that her body was leaning forward slightly, and she was pointing to something in front of her. I stood watching her quietly for a moment and then, suddenly, she looked in my direction and lowered her hand. "That's funny," she said. "What is?" I asked, entering the room. "Whenever you leave, he comes and... more » the light goes up. Then, when you come back, he leaves and the light goes down." My mother's earthly days had come to fruition, and the harvest - that period of time when the mind and body transition from life to death - had begun..« less