Did you feel relief when Terri died?

StratusRose · #1 Jun 17, '05, 11:44 am

I don't want to sound like I was "glad" that Terri died, nor did I want her to die, but I felt a sense of relief when God brought her home. I should also mention that I was avidly against her murder. However, when she died, I felt that she was freed of her condition, that her parents wouldn't have to fight Michael anymore (but they still are), and because the whole thing turned this country upside down. At the same time I felt the relief of her passing, I also was fearful of what is to come. I wondered if this was the beginning of the popularization of euthanasia.

Did you all feel relief after her passing, or more anger?

ElizabethJoy · #2 Jun 17, '05, 12:39 pm

No. The anger intensified. The grief intensified. My sorrow for her family intensified. My horror at what had happened right here in this country I love was intensified. There was nothing of relief in her death for me.

For her, a release from the years of psychological and then physical torture.

For me, only more questions, more sorrow, more anger, more pain.

And it hasn't healed yet. I don't think it will heal until such a thing is no longer conscionable in our culture.

Elizabeth

Saint Andrew · #3 Jun 17, '05, 12:44 pm

Hello

The moral of the world have changed, I believe only through pray and in actions can we stop things happening, but being from the Uk it was sad to see that happen.

For me personally even though we have free will, we are tested with our actions good or bad.

God Bless
Saint Andrew.

swampfox · #4 Jun 17, '05, 2:02 pm

No. I felt no relief, and even more alienated from this modern world.

Lisa4Catholics · #5 Jun 17, '05, 2:08 pm

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Originally Posted by swampfox

No. I felt no relief, and even more alienated from this modern world.

Me too,swampfox

The only sense of relief I felt for Terri is that she didn't have to look at Michael anymore knowing what he was doing to her and that the dehydration was over.It still makes me sick,I can't imagine what her family has to live with knowing the suffering imposed on her

This should never have happened

Lucania · #6 Jun 17, '05, 2:10 pm

No. My heart felt very heavy. I could not believe it was really happening and we in the world who cared for her could not help her. Oh yes, we are so civilized aren't we?

contemplative · #7 Jun 17, '05, 2:50 pm

Did our Blessed Mother feel relief when Jesus took His last breath? How did Mary feel holding the lifeless body of Jesus? How do you feel when you think about this?

Mom of one · #8 Jun 17, '05, 3:28 pm

I heard this while I was driving down the highway at 70mph. I had on Laura Ingraham. I was sobbing(at 70 mph) The ONLY relief I felt was that she could no longer be tortured by what Michael and the courts were doing to her.

StratusRose · #9 Jun 18, '05, 2:35 pm

Gosh, now I kinda feel like a monster.

Lisa4Catholics · #10 Jun 18, '05, 2:46 pm

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Originally Posted by StratusRose

Gosh, now I kinda feel like a monster.

You aren't a monster at least she doesn't have to look at Michael and his mistress and knowing he wanted her dead.That is the only relief I had over that,since it was obvious the pro death forces were going to use her and kill her no matter what.

ElizabethJoy · #11 Jun 18, '05, 5:50 pm

Good heavens, no you are not a monster! I think everyone has their own ways of dealing with this.

I think Terri knew for a long time that her abusive husband had already taken up residence with another woman and that he wanted her dead. How long did she live with that anguish? The autopsy proved that she was probably capable of a lot higher thought processes than her faithless husband and ghoul lawyer ever wanted anyone to believe.

All you had to do was look at how she reacted to the sight of her mother to know she was still "in there." She was trapped in a body that could no longer do what she wanted it to do in order to express herself. (To me, that would be a hell of its own) She was trapped with a husband who was cruel to the point that he would not even give her parents a lock of her hair before the cremation. She was trapped for two weeks in torture - thanks to Father Pavone, we know it was not as Felos described.

She was released from the body that was never encouraged to be anything more than a prison and from her tormentors. I pray she is home with God. I guess I'm having a hard time with the fact that the situation existed at all. I'm still railing against a "custodian" who didn't act in her best interests and obtain a divorce on her behalf. She had family who love her and wanted to take care of her.

Maybe if I ever see the sense and good that must exist somewhere in this tragedy, I'll feel relieved, too.

I've seen too much kindness from you elsewhere to have it even cross my mind that you were a monster. We all just "process" this kind of thing differently, that's all.

Elizabeth

Siena · #12 Jun 18, '05, 6:32 pm

StratusRose, I felt the same thing you did, and I know this is only the beggining. I knew they would not rest until she was dead, so I am grateful for an end to her tourture, even as I prepare for what is to come.

trailblazer · #13 Jun 18, '05, 7:10 pm

I felt deep dissapointment in my elected officials and the judicial system. I felt sickened that such a cruel death was sanctioned in the US. I felt apprehensive that this was a step toward approved euthansia here in the US. I felt a great deal of things, but cannot say relief was among them.

Love & peace,
Bob

ProudToBCathlic · #14 Jun 20, '05, 6:13 pm

Basically, ditto to what trailblazer said. I feel so disappointed; and dread what the U.S. seems to be coming to. Abortion is horrible enough, euthanasia in addition to that is just sickening. Even the thought of it is just so sad. I worry, and know that if euthanasia becomes popular and sanctioned, each of OUR lives are threatened. I mean, EVEN IF FOR NO OTHER REASON, why don't people realize that, and stop pushing legalized euthanasia. So I guess mainly, I feel Shiavo's death is just a horrible piece of another, awful, great scheme of things. And I'm so sorry she wasn't allowed to live.

Lisa N · #15 Jun 20, '05, 9:56 pm

The only relief I felt was knowing she was no longer suffering from physical or mental pain. I always believed she KNEW what was happening around her and simply could not compel her body to allow her thoughts to be known. The physical misery of dehydration was very disturbing to me and knowing she was free of pain was a bit of a relief. I did keep thinking that something WOULD happen to save her and when it was announced (momofone I saw it scroll across the screen on EWTN) I realized there was no hope of saving her. That was so demoralizing.

Lisa N