Meet the doulas helping the terminally ill face death with a smile

When you die, I think that your consciousness goes with you and your energy dissolves back into nature,” says Barbra Bird, a 46-year-old artist based in Hastings. “And that’s as complete an answer as I can give right now.” In April 2018, Barbra was told that her rare and aggressive form of breast cancer had returned and spread to her bones. She was given a year, perhaps two, to live. “I was never really a healthy person,” she says, “but it totally blind-sided me.”

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