How Long Will You Hold On

I still find some mood to read some books again and I kinda miss doing book review but this is not going to be a book review but most likely a comment or an opinion to this book that I just finished. The title of the book is “A Life That Matters - The Legacy of Terri Schiavo" story written by her family, this was a christmas gift from my mom couple of years ago and I don’t know if she know Terri Schiavo or not. I first heard Terri Schiavo when I was still in college, Ethics class of Ma’am Padua (if I’m not mistaken ...) and the topic was euthanasia. 

I started to read this couple of months ago but sometimes I got bored that I have to stop reading it because there are many unfamiliar names but I really appreciate the story, the effort of the people who helped Terri’s family and everyone who volunteered. I don’t know but I think I know them already even though I don’t know them personally just because of this book. I know it happened 7 years ago but there are moments that I questioned “Why did Michael act like that?”, he put away Terri to her family most of the time, maybe there are other reason but if he don’t like to be involve already why not just let go of Terri to her family?. I don’t know what happened next to Terri’s family after she passed away, if there are major changes in their life but as I was searching, the family put up a foundation (The Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation) 

[you might also want to read the story of Kate Adamson, she was mentioned to the book] 

It’s just so sad that you can’t put feeding tube to a person who is badly needing it until the judge or whoever approved it. I wonder if they will be on Terri’s position or at least one of their family members, what will they do? Same question to the people who’s being so rude to the Schindler family. What if there will be someone like Michael to their lives? And that person took your freedom on seeing one of your family members?

Out of 100%, 99%  Terri’s family might not see this but 1% is too big for anyone of them to read this.

To: Terri's family,

Terri might be gone for so long now but I know there are these moments when you still wish that she should be still alive, but as you mentioned on the last part that maybe the feeding tube wasn’t inserted to her because it has to be inserted on the Pope that time, if you count is as a miracle well, maybe it is. I salute you for all the effort you’ve done most especially when Terri is still on the hospice/hospital for so long, if that happened to some people probably they will just broke down and let their loved one died and will not reach years on holding on. I salute you on so many ways.

 Involvement of some high positioned politician, getting the attention of the Vatican, many people volunteered to help you and even though most people are being so rude to your family and to Terri, you still hold on. More power to your organization and to everyone involves, and I will forever salute your strength. Holding on to something like that for so long is an inspiration. I will always remember the story of your family.

We should really forgive but I understand where you are coming from when all those years Michael is putting Terri away from you. God is very understandable, I know he understand your situation, there are just things in this world that sometimes we don't really understand but as what I read, you saw Terri as a messenger to a million of people, that might be the reason on what happened but Michael will always be connected to Terri's death. It might easy to accept that God have reason why he took Terri after years on the hospice rather than forgiving Michael on what he has done (sounds rude, I know). Also, I can't imagine how Michael sleeps every night after what he have done to your family.

I will forever admire your strenght on fighting for Terri. Terri may be the messenger on something but you guys should also be an inspiration to every family.

More power to your organization and to everyone involves, and I will forever salute everything that you’ve done for Terri. Holding on to something like that for so long should be an inspiration. I will always remember the story of your family.

Love,

Aivrin Villamayor all the way from the Philippines