I feel very much the way you do about the entire situation, without most of the Christian ties. Not saying I don't understand the religious aspect, I do, it's just not something that plays a huge role in my life anymore.
I feel terrible for her parents. And I said last week, even though I know I would not want to live that way, I can't say with 100% certainty that I could let one of my children go, no matter what. I'd want to take care of them. And I do know that is selfish.
It may be selfish, but I think it is an entirely normal way to feel.
I feel horrible for her parents too. And for her husband. There was really no winner in the whole mess......except maybe Terri. And even that isn't certain. To me, at least.
I'm sorry, honey, but I'm so fed up to the gills with listening to points of view on this, I just can't read it right now. I probably will eventually, and I know most of it was written for yourself (it's your journal, after all). But I also fear that what people take away from this sad, sad case is nothing more than reinforcement of their own preconceived notions.
You don't have to read it, hon. You are right, I mostly wrote it because last night the things I was thinking and feeling finally sort of "gelled" and I wanted to write them down.
Cheri, I have thought a lot about this whole thing lately. I've posted about my feelings a couple of places that you visit, so I won't go into what I felt before. But when I found out she was gone, I had a hard time identifying what I felt. Eventually it boiled down to exultation. Not the "my side won" feeling, but the "Thank God that poor woman is free and in heaven now" feeling. Strangely enough, it just went to show me that I still believe more deeply than I thought I did down at an instinctive and "gut" level.
That was beautiful, and very personal. Thank you for sharing that with all of us. I am also saddened that all of this had to be in the media. I pray that she is at peace, and I pray that noone has to endure what her family, or Micheal did.
And I, too, am very grateful that medical science has come so far that they can save babies like Emmy. In fact, our hospital saved an even smaller baby a few months ago! Incredible.
I know what Terri's parents felt. I was very close to having to make that decision with Emmy at one time. I thank all gods and every power I can think of that I never had to make that decision. I hope I would have been strong enough to make the decision to let her die with dignity but I don't know. My selfishness woudl be pretty hard to overcome.
And Michael Schiavo may turn out to be as horrible as some people are portraying him but everything I have seen goes against that. He may be doing it for money but all I've seen demonstrates he just wanted to do what he thought Terri would want him to do. I feel so bad for him.
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I feel terrible for her parents. And I said last week, even though I know I would not want to live that way, I can't say with 100% certainty that I could let one of my children go, no matter what. I'd want to take care of them. And I do know that is selfish.
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I feel horrible for her parents too. And for her husband. There was really no winner in the whole mess......except maybe Terri. And even that isn't certain. To me, at least.
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I love you, Cheri.
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Love you too.
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Love you, dear.
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And I, too, am very grateful that medical science has come so far that they can save babies like Emmy. In fact, our hospital saved an even smaller baby a few months ago! Incredible.
I know what Terri's parents felt. I was very close to having to make that decision with Emmy at one time. I thank all gods and every power I can think of that I never had to make that decision. I hope I would have been strong enough to make the decision to let her die with dignity but I don't know. My selfishness woudl be pretty hard to overcome.
And Michael Schiavo may turn out to be as horrible as some people are portraying him but everything I have seen goes against that. He may be doing it for money but all I've seen demonstrates he just wanted to do what he thought Terri would want him to do. I feel so bad for him.
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