Mortal Matters Blog: Are you still finalizing year-end holiday season gifts for special loved ones? Even if you already have something for everyone, The Conversation Project has an additional idea that fits in anyone’s budget – the “gift of conversation.” And not just any conversation, but “the conversation” that we all mean to have but that most of us keep putting off. Yes, we all care deeply that the latter part of the lives of those we love is the way they would want. Yes, we all know that if we haven’t talked about that in advance, it may not happen. Yes, we know how much we will then regret that “it was always too early until it was too late.”