[Audrey]

My mom has a good friend who is in hospice now and she told me that when she visits her, her friend always asks her to sing for her. So she sings whatever her friend wants to hear and sometimes her daughter plays the flute. Maybe you could offer the gift of music or sharing some other talent (read poetry, make a pillowcase with her picture on it for her only child, etc.)--As others have said, it's not so much what you say as it is just being there and showing that you care. (If she is religious, a book I've always cherished during difficult times is called "Streams in the Desert") Hope this is helpful.