Archive for March 31st, 2005

Terri Schiavo Dies in Florida Hospice

Thursday, March 31st, 2005

Terri Schiavo Dies in Florida Hospice

Rest in peace.
At last.

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Who Wants to Marry Michael Schiavo?

Thursday, March 31st, 2005

Who Wants to Marry Michael Schiavo?

“In May 1995, Christopher Reeve was taking part in a cross-country equestrian event when a fall caused his skull to literally become separated from his spinal cord. He was totally paralyzed. Of that moment he later said, “It dawned on me I was going to be a huge burden to everybody, that I had ruined my life and everybody else’s. Not fair to anybody. The best thing to do would be to slip away.” When his wife Dana came into his room he looked at her and mouthed the words, “Maybe we should let me go.”

His wife started crying and said “I will support whatever you want to do, because this is your life, and your decision. But I want you to know that I’ll be with you for the long haul, no matter what. You are still you. And I love you.” Reeve said that Dana’s response to him “made living seem possible, because I felt the depth of her love and commitment … My job would be to learn how to cope with this and not be a burden. I would have to find new ways to be productive again.”

Reeve went on to inspire the world with the depth of his commitment to his own life and that of others. Before his untimely passing in October of last year, he had taught all humanity of the value of life and the indomitable power of the human spirit.

Good thing for all of us that Christopher Reeve was not married to someone like Michael Schiavo.” -by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Of course, the major difference between Terri Schiavo and Christopher Reeve is that Christopher Reeve was able to respond to his wife; Terri was not able to respond to her husband. Michael Schiavo was left with the responsibility of acting on his wife’s behalf, doing as he believed she would have wanted.

Perhaps if Reeve had been in a coma or persistent vegetative state, his life would have ended earlier.

Oy, vey!

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