“My oldest grandchild is 12 but I intend to dance at their weddings..”
How nice for you. You seem to have missed the point that this woman was dying, sooner rather than later. I am sure that she had many things that she wanted to do too, but won’t have a chance. Fighting has nothing to do with it,she was going to die in the very near future, even if it was left up to God.
End stage cancer can be painful and ugly, especially lung cancer, and I would find anyone who wasn’t scared of facing it to be disingenuous. I would be, and as much as I would like to believe I have the courage to face it, I am not sure. I won’t condemn those that don’t as a coward.
I will recognize that only God should end a life. I will also recognize that she had two options, bad and worse, and try to understand that we all have weakness, yet God loves us anyway.
I fail to understand why some Christians believe this woman would be a better person had she hung on for a few more months in agony and in pain rather then be whole again in heaven.
Five years ago my best friend “Smitty” called me (he had retired to Miami Beach and I live out West), he was having trouble swallowing food.
Richard had smoked Camel cigarettes and joints every day that I had the pleasure of his acquaintance.
We are old hippies - I had grown into a conservative businessman and He remained a Willie Nelson lookalike hippie.
Richard Smith was the only truly honest and descent man I ever knew.
His integrity helped change me from a ethically challenged youngster to a responsible man, citizen, husband and father.
In the spring I would go fishing in Florida and visit the old crew.
But his first call soon was followed by another - he had throat cancer. And was entering the hospital.
From that time on I communicated with his twin brother. He was never able to eat again. The cancer had spread and Richard was sent home with painkillers.
He could not speak nor eat, the pain was horrific and his cognitive awareness deteriorated to the point where he was readmitted to the hospital and died a horrible combative death.
I miss him.
God bless those who help us make these choices when our time draws near and I pray for those who choose.