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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
National
Marisa Gerber

One last trip: Gabriella Walsh's decision to die — and celebrate life — on her own terms

Gabriella Walsh knew she wanted to die on a Saturday.

She'd settled on July 16, dressing that morning in a flower crown and a T-shirt with a picture of a dragonfly, an image that had comforted her in recent weeks. She took a deep inhale from a bottle of lavender oil and listened to a playlist of sea sounds.

Earlier in the morning, friends and family nuzzled up against her in bed. Rest easy, they told her, and keep wandering.

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