In the last few months of her life, my 93 year old MILwith Alzheimer's, would occasionally say something about how many were "going". Her husband said something like this the day before he passed, too. I'm curious whether others have had experience with such statements/questions. She seemed very focused on this each time she brought it up.
I do have a personal belief that when we go on to the life intended for us with God we are not burdened by the cares of this world. Life will be 'perfect'. My husband right now, at 62, is also slowing down his career, taking on less management responsibilities, etc. in gearing down for retirement. It seems life is like that. Some of us do run 90 miles an hour till we hit a wall/milestone in our lives, but if things happen more naturally, I think it happens in phases. I always compared being in my womb and feeling comfortable there for a time, but finally preparing for birth and the world to death being just another 'phase' of life, when telling my young children about death. They both seem congruous to me in that way. We also have no way of knowing what an unborn child knows, thinks or understands about their environment but birth is a struggle into a new life. Perhaps it is instinctive to 'feel' that this change is happening and having a sense of when it will.