I know I'm being a grumpy "get off my lawn" curmudgeon as I do it, but I've been dismayed by the plethora of "thoughts and prayers" type messages I see displayed publicly for her. They are wholly inappropriate for the decision she's made. She is choosing life. This is a happy time. It should be celebrated.
She is sparing not only herself, but her family and caregivers, both professional and not, from the significant pain and expense of futile and inappropriate medical care at the end of her life. This leaves her, her family and everyone else who loves her free to enjoy her life until she draws her very last breath. We should all be so lucky. This is not a tragedy, it is a blessing.
She is choosing to be comfortable and in control. People who react as if this represents some unspeakable tragedy for her show they are ignoring her true situation in favor of their own immature, and narcissistic gut-reaction. Please, grow up. Stop confusing your pain with hers. Do not rain on this parade.
She will be able to end her life on her own terms with all of the tools of palliative medicine available to ease her journey. If she is speaking, people will listen to her as they never have. If she wants to see anyone they will come at a moment's notice. Bullshit in her life that may have been unwillingly tolerated for decades will suddenly dissolve.
Death is the great equalizer. It comes for us all. There is nothing else like it, other than birth, which is actually what causes all the problems in the first place. If you really want to get back to what caused, and causes Mrs. Bush's suffering, look to her birth. It all began then.
"Thoughts and prayers" should be offered to newborns. They are destined, no matter what they do, for aging, sickness, and all of the others frustrations of human existence. Ms. Bush will soon be released from it all. Good on you, Bar! Thanks for sharing the happy news with us. I'm sorry so many people didn't get your happy message.
