[MHGinTN]

PING)))))) to an important read. If you would like to be removed from this ping list, please just drop me a freepmail.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!!

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the heads up!

[William Wallace]

As the parent of a "non-cognitive, vegetative state" 16-year-old, who was, by all medical experts, not destined to live more than six months, I offer advice. Seize the opportunity to honor life, in all its forms. A body not constrained by the pettiness of appearance or consumed by the drive of ambition is a glimpse of the purity of heaven. Spend fleeting moments in the company of these angels. They will leave us all too soon, even with their feeding tubes intact. The veil between the eternities and this world turns transparent when you look into what medical science calls "non-responsive eyes." When you catch a glimpse of that beyond you will wonder, "Who wouldn't want to live in their utopia?"

And I do mean live.

Thanks Marvin.

I've been there, and it is a humbling and blessed joy to spend a few precious moments taking care of one of God's wounded angels.

Choose life.

[Caleb1411]

Great editorial. Marianne Jennings is at the top of my favorite-columnists list.