I'm not sick, nor planning on kicking the bucket
Until I'm well into my 100's, but I have thoughts
On the subject of how I want things handled
Whenever God decides to take me Home.
My husband and I have medical power of attorney's
Since the ordeal concerning the young lady in Florida
Who had been ill since she had a stroke at an early age.
Remember her name was Terri I believe and her folks were
Willing to take care of her, yet her husband had the say so
Even though he had moved in with another woman and they
Even had children. The courts fought over this case and
It was finally decided to keep food and water from her,
In other words she was starved to death with the blessing
Of the courts, and her parents couldn't do anything
To stop this unfortunate situation about their daughter.
We both even put into our power of attorney documents
That if our situations would ever be similar, we would
not want to live like Terri had been, but to not keep
Fluids from being taken. That seems like not too long
ago, but it has been some years ago already when this happened.
My husband, my Dear Precious Chuck who has multiple
Health issues would not be a good organ donor, however
I would be a good candidate to be an organ donor if
Circumstances of my death would make that possible.
The doctors have my permission to use any part of my body
To give life or a renewed quality life of someone.
Just knowing my body could help so much to others
Is a dream of mine to do with this earthly body I was
Blessed with from birth. I heard that a part of the donor becomes a Part of the receiver, which to me is really interesting.
I don't think I'm anyone particularly special, just an ordinary Person who feels better giving than receiving, so my
Ultimate gift I could give back would be my hopefully
Healthy organs, eyes, bone marrow, tissue, muscles, whatever.
On the news recently, there was a news story about a body farm coming to Texas and will be on a large ranch, well away
From being a nuisance to anyone who is not involved directly
With the studies that need to be done in order to help
Determine how a body decays under certain circumstances
To help in the investigations of deaths.
My husband told me that is what he would want to do,
Donate his body so no burial would be necessary, saving
All of those thousands of dollars. CSI on tv has had a show
About this very subject, and although the content is
Disturbing, it is also necessary in order to do studies.
Oh the decisions we have to make during our lifetime that are not
Those we want to talk about, but nonetheless it is necessary.
Since Chuck's health is slowly deteriorating, we have to talk about his wishes. Does he want to be resuscitated in case his heart fails
And his defibrillator doesn't do its job. I had to know what
He wanted me to do. He said as long as his rheumatoid arthritis
Still hasn't crippled him to the point he has to have help
For him to do all the basic things for him, but if he was
Not able to walk, dress himself, do his own bathroom needs, then he said to let him go. That is similar to what decisions my Mom had to make about my dad. It was very hard, but it was her call and us kids respected her decision.
Our daughter, Amy, says I get way too morbid, and I guess the older
You get, those thoughts seem to be more in the fore front. I want
to know Chuck's every wish for himself, as I want for him
To know my decisions as well when the time comes. We even have
a good friend who is a funeral director and Chuck wants Tommy
to do his funeral. Don't know what many people would think in
Us doing this since he is black and we are white. Some people around here were not pleased when Tommy was sharing the facilities with a local "White" funeral home. Sad that some people still have the black and white issue. It really irritates me when things
Like that happen, but whoever reads this might be of that mind-set of segregation. Oh well, to each their own. There are more and more bi-racial couples in our small community, and the children
Are usually just gorgeous. We are all of God's children. Our church is one of the very few in town who has a mixed ethnic congregation.
I never could understand why anyone thinks lesser of a person because of skin color, but prejudices go both ways. Too bad!
I have no idea why I got onto this subject or how. I guess I had these thoughts tucked away someplace in this ever-thinking head of mine. I think my son might have gotten his ADD from me sometimes.
I have to remind myself to focus, just like I have to tell the kids at school. Maybe that is why I go through all the Torture of subbing, because I'm more like them than I think and I do understand
Where they are coming from different situations they are facing
In their lives. Well, I have to get to bed. I have to stop by the hospital early in the morning to drop off my chocolate dipped pretzels I worked on all evening for our auxiliary Valentine's Day bake sell. They were fun to make, but I burned some of the chocolate in the microwave, I hope the buzzards like the taste of burned chocolate. I even made designs on them with red icing and put three in a white paper doily to fancy them up. I tell you, I don't get too domestic these days, but enjoyed doing those, and so did my sweet-toothed hubby eating the leftovers.
EVERYONE HAVE A WONDERFUL VALENTINE'S DAY! I got a box of chocolates today from one of the students. OOPS! forgot to show Chuck, or they would have been gone in a heartbeat.
GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU YOUNG AND OLD LOVERS OUT THERE! I WOULD LOVE TO GET A DOZEN ROSES, BUT THAT ONLY HAPPENED WHEN CHUCK PROPOSED TO ME OVER 41 YEARS AGO.
KAREN
PS, I have no idea if this post makes any sense, because I am super tired and who knows what I wrote, so if it is a little unclear, just laugh at it, or you can ask me, "What in world are you talking about?" And my answer would be, "I have no idea, I've had a tough week."
Am I still smiling?
