tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011430871385466953.post5818417986811496500..comments2023-10-26T11:33:09.550+01:00Comments on Battlements Of Rubies: Euthanasia is not mercy.Clare@ BattlementsOfRubieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672603563016876943noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011430871385466953.post-21816305381799942542011-12-27T23:26:50.662+00:002011-12-27T23:26:50.662+00:00Many thanks for your prayers, I am touched. We had...Many thanks for your prayers, I am touched. We had a beautiful Christmas, a family meal with my father around the table and after 2 and a half years of no eating and drinking from the mouth (he has a gastrotomy), he felt like sipping some wine and he did it 3 times with no swallowing problem and a big smile in between each sip! we thank God for all these blessings.Dorothynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011430871385466953.post-40488310664595090622011-12-18T14:57:21.090+00:002011-12-18T14:57:21.090+00:00Dorothy, that is so inspiring. I too pray that Go...Dorothy, that is so inspiring. I too pray that God will bless your father, and yourself and all your family and friends who care and love him.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03097784379722861203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011430871385466953.post-59922809460996818982011-12-18T00:22:34.900+00:002011-12-18T00:22:34.900+00:00Thanks very much for commenting here Dorothy, and ...Thanks very much for commenting here Dorothy, and for articulating so clearly how you and your family feel about this issue and what you are facing in your own life. I have found your perspective very helpful and interesting.<br />In the midst of all the pain and difficulty, life is still precious.<br />May God bless your father, and all those who love and care for him, with strength and courage and supernatural peace.<br />I will be praying for your family.Clare@ BattlementsOfRubieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13672603563016876943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011430871385466953.post-85186074179693947342011-12-16T13:25:34.742+00:002011-12-16T13:25:34.742+00:00Hi, I am the person who posted here about my fathe...Hi, I am the person who posted here about my father, and I thank Clare for copying in her post my experience. I would like to add that my dad has ALS, he is completely disabled, cannot eat, move or talked. He can blink, smile, show happiness or anger, communicate through blinking (and he does it a lot, so we communicate a lot!), we all had to adjust to a slower way of communication, but it works! he still likes the same thing... history, economy/markets, can communicate with friends and ex-colleagues when they come. He watches movies instead of reading books. He loves his grand children and they love him and help him as much as they can, even the one who is 3! he would never ask my mother or any of his daughters to help him die! when he struggles for air because of mucus plugs or infection, his body just fights for life with an incredible strenght! He recently spent a weekend in London and visited harrods and the natural history museum and got 2 excellent healthcare assistants to help him at the hotel (not cheap but the service is at least available in the UK!) as a family I confess we had and still have very difficult moments, adjustments are very difficult! but we do adjust with time! In a "dignitas" mentality, many ill people and their family will be pushed towards death and unfortunately, many doctors have the "dignitas" mentality, even neurologists, many do not understand why giving hope to someone with ALS!Long comment, but to finish, I'd like to say you need a strong family to go through diseases, without my mother it would be very difficult if not impossible for my sister and I to manage. To enjoy life even ill, you need hope and faith and hopeful, positive people around you. With a poor family structure, I don't know how ALS can make it. In a dignitas mentality they will be the first victims of "compassionate killing/suicide". I stop now... i could talk about it for hours!Dorothynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011430871385466953.post-31424977044936544752011-12-12T01:45:54.225+00:002011-12-12T01:45:54.225+00:00Mr Gargoyle, from you this is high praise indeed. ...Mr Gargoyle, from you this is high praise indeed. I'm blushing.Clare@ BattlementsOfRubieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13672603563016876943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011430871385466953.post-53904786035957248342011-12-11T19:13:24.283+00:002011-12-11T19:13:24.283+00:00Yes, it seems to be becoming all about wants and c...Yes, it seems to be becoming all about wants and convenience. Morality now becomes based upon what someone wants to do or how they feel rather than based on a fixed truth - 'As long as they don't hurt anyone what does it matter?' Yet, <b>above all else</b>, God is grieved as His children take life into their own hands. He sees the consequences of each action: life lost, and families and mothers carrying the guilt, 'what ifs' for the rest of their lives. <br /><br />As you say, we are in danger of a form of anarchy.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03097784379722861203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011430871385466953.post-28372588817122396742011-12-11T03:03:38.956+00:002011-12-11T03:03:38.956+00:00Clare, this is excellent. Thank you. I'll be b...Clare, this is excellent. Thank you. I'll be bookmarking and rereading and pondering this.The Thirsty Gargoylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07555762505933950270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011430871385466953.post-91956489749377019582011-12-11T01:17:36.377+00:002011-12-11T01:17:36.377+00:00"As we're sung to sleep by philosophies
T..."As we're sung to sleep by philosophies<br />That save the trees and kill the children."<br /><br />Beautifully put.<br />A country whose laws abandon the principle of protecting it's weakest members, but are framed instead to meet my needs, my wants, my freedom to live as I choose, can hardly call itself civilised.<br />I think we are perhaps very close to a form of anarchy.Clare@ BattlementsOfRubieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13672603563016876943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011430871385466953.post-18830868617176408342011-12-10T17:53:44.055+00:002011-12-10T17:53:44.055+00:00It's a sad world we live in. There is a line ...It's a sad world we live in. There is a line in a Casting Crowns song which goes: <i>As we're sung to sleep by philosophies<br />That save the trees and kill the children</i>. This was written in response to a debate the writer saw on TV where a woman went on and one about animal rights but then in the same breath spoke about abortion as being a woman's right.<br /><br />It seems we are so mixed up, we want to save the earth, save the trees, give animals better rights than humans. Then in the same breath the world cries out for inconvenient humans to be killed! It's hideous. What's next? If you're unemployed for more than a couple of years you're a drain on society - off you go to the guillotine!<br /><br />It's all madness.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03097784379722861203noreply@blogger.com