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To: STARWISE; All
God bless her and all those who deal with these challenges.

Yes.

I don't say much about that long dead first wife of mine, but those of you who remember know she was severely handicapped.

It did not make her less of a human being. I wrote a little about it, here:

-"in the Silence of my Soul"--

34 posted on 10/17/2008 3:03:24 AM PDT by backhoe (WHO IS THE REAL OBAMA?)
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To: backhoe

Very moving story and Poem. May God be with you on your future endeavors.


35 posted on 10/17/2008 3:17:26 AM PDT by BnBlFlag (Deo Vindice/Semper Fidelis "Ya gotta saddle up your boys; Ya gotta draw a hard line")
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To: backhoe

Beautiful life. Beautiful wife.

I lost a good friend a year ago who was blind, immobile, and almost deaf. She had an incredible interest in everything and a fantastic sense of humor.

I have no doubt that she can hear, see, and dance now. I look forward to seeing her again.

When she was near death due to a medication error by the staff, the doc in the ICU told us she did not meet the criteria for any quality of life because of her disabilities. He wanted to pull the plug without giving her a chance.

The fact that she enjoyed her life meant nothing to someone completely healthy. He viewed her life as useless.

This is what we fact in the future if people don’t wake up to this creeping culture of expediency.


48 posted on 10/19/2008 2:29:03 PM PDT by OpusatFR (Retiring to my swamp for the next decade on November 5, 2008)
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