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Amen. Thank you.

I am reminded of the story of William Tell -- one brave man standing up to the tyrant. In this case the tyrant is a little two bit bully and his lawyer and . . .

I am convinced there is more to this than just Terri, although in her body she carries the answers to a lot of this particular part of the mystery.

Love and best wishes and prayers to Terri's family, who carry such hope that Terri will come home to them. Prayers still that Terri might go home with them so her mother can fuss over her some more!

IF it is not to be that she goes home with her mother, we know that she will go home to her Father.

Dear Gov. Bush,

We are at a sad point. There are good times and hard times; THIS is a hard time. And, YES, I’m angry!

Terri had a chance while she was at the hospital. She could be assessed, followed, and receive any treatment that might be necessary for her survival after an incredible 6 1/2 days without food or water.

However, since Michael was not removed as her guardian, he continued to work to Terri's and the family's detriment as we all saw yesterday. I have no doubt at this point that this will end in Terri’s death (I’d love to be wrong).

Terri was NOT in a coma or pre-vegetative state. It is known and documented that she had abilities beyond what was admitted by her husband/guardian, his lawyers, the courts, the hospice, and others in power. These abilities could never be allowed to come to light. Indeed, they did not until her father released the videotape, at which time the Schindlers lost their rights to see their daughter.

There is more to this story than that a sad little bully has such power over a life, a family, a state, a country -- and this needs to be investigated. Why was there no advocate for Terri herself? Why no one in this whole thing without a conflict of interest, eg, Judge Greer previously on board of Woodside hospice, and on board to oversee guardians? How many more people has this happened to?

I understand and appreciate that you and others did put yourselves on the line for Terri. However, I wish you had acted last week, more directly, as you’d received information from others that you could. I urged you then to act in faith regardless of real or imagined consequences, that we were all praying for you.

It turns out, though, that I can’t remain angry with you -- it would be throwing the first stone. Interestingly, it was also within MY power to do good for Terri, and I did not.

I went to Pinellas Park with the intention of taking Terri a drink. I’d cared for similar patients before, and knew what I wanted and needed to do for her. I'm a mother who felt compelled by that video of Terri brightening up to her own mother.

So when I got to the hospice, I did go up to the first policeman of many and told him I had something for Terri. We had a brief conversation which ended with a long moment of me considering . . . and I walked away.

I know if I had been willing to step out in faith, to be arrested if need be, that things would have turned out differently.

This is a hard day.

Prayers for you and us all as we continue this journey, trying to learn from mistakes, and do what we need to do in the future. I am grateful for a merciful God and Father as I strive to follow Him more closely.

Sincerely yours,