TO ALL: My father died this evening about 7 p.m. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers and efforts on his behalf. He died with dignity, not dehydration.My deepest sympathy and prayers go out to June and her family.... I pray one day that the montra "death with dignity" is actually spoken with truth and integrity.... floriduh voter will you please ping everyone and let them know....
I admit it... I am just terrible at this.... I have yet to recover from the loss of Terri, and I didn't even join the fight until the last 3 months.... Let alone if I had been involved for the years that many were....
Losing Terri, then Mae, I just am not able to demonstrate the strength so many of you do....
I only learned of this today- despite the fact that it has been going on since at least April! And I am still just beyond words.......
Am I just self-serving.... what? I want to win! I WANT TO WIN LIFE! Not because I can mark-up a "W" in my win/loss column.... but because I just can't take what a LOSS means...... I couldn't save my OWN grandma...
this is just tooo hard....
I know he wasn't dehydrated to death..... I just can't seem to take the loss, when I know these very same people would NEVER allow this to be done to someone else....
We so fail those that taught us how to be the best parts of us.......
forgive me.. this just brings back too much for me....
how do you not take each loss so personal?
How..........
Thank you for letting us know!
I am numb, but glad that he did not die from dehydration, but with dignity.
Thanks for the update. I cannot imagine what June
has been put through.
Gerald had to have been a special man to have a daughter like June who tackles complex issues like nobody else. Beyond that, she's a friend to many freepers.
We can thank Gerald for June Maxam.
At least he went quick. My heart goes out to June and her mom. This is something no one should have to go through. Speaking of mom, she needs out of that facility, asap.