I realize that this is a very personal issue.However,after working closely with a couple of terminally ill folks and being involved in the mental health field I have my own slant on this.When a person becomes so debilitated that they cannot speak,eat,bathe,wipe themselves nor move around by themselves there is no quality of life.Each day they struggle to just draw a breath on their own is not really living.Is it fair to let anyone go through this if the have a desire to be free from their torture, or to ask them to wait until their condition gets to this point if it is known to be inevitable?It is selfish to keep them with us just to satisfy our own emotional needs or what we consider to be the "right and moral thing"to do.If they have the ability to make these decisions and carry them out in a manner acceptable to them it should be left to them to make the choice.I do not feelthat I would choose to "live"  in such a manner if I were faced with such a challenge.

   

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Until I had 10 children and adopted children of my own I had NO CLUE as to the endless patience and stamina it took to be constantly on call for every bump,bruise,ouchey,fever,broken heart or serious illness.My mom raised 8 children of her own without help or complaints.She was a great cook and always had room for one more as our cousins often spent summers with us as well as a constant stream of our friends!We had little at times but never felt the sting of this nor knew the difference until we were older.She passed away from cancer shortly before her 57th birthday.Her last words to my dad were "I'm sad for you."She was thinking of others until she was gone.We all miss her.

   

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