Remembering Terri's Fight

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

March 30th, marks the anniversary of the passing of Terri Schiavo. Much has been said about what happened. Terri was a very real human being who became a tug-of-war rope for politics. The Left pulled on one end and the Right on the other and both tried to drag the other into the mud-hole. No one won – especially not Terri.

We lost something when Terri died. Her family lost a daughter they wanted to take care of and perhaps we as a society lost a bit more respect for the sacredness of life. We did gain one thing: an enhanced awareness of the controversy; and hopefully some of us noticed that we are becoming more and more a culture that values privacy and convenience more than life – and we must do something to reverse the trend.

We all face impossible choices in our lives. Do we treat our mother when it is expensive and inconvenient to keep her alive? Do we let a child die when it surely would be better for that child – in our opinion? I agree that these are difficult decisions. What principals will we use to decide? Few people have been there and so they are making decisions in a vacuum from ignorance and fear. It can be tragic for the dying person whose wishes we don’t take enough effort to determine.

Perhaps we should realize that these decisions are best left to a higher power. God is, after all, a wee bit smarter than we mortals – at least I think so. Remember, I do have a wee bit of experience in this. LOTS of people wanted to “pull the plug” on me – I did seem pretty much “dead” – but I am glad I had someone to fight for me. I’m grateful I am here and that conventional wisdom did not prevail in my case.

Terri - we miss you, let the angels know we are doing our best to change the culture, maybe with your help and with time we can.