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Showing posts with label dignity of the elderly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dignity of the elderly. Show all posts

Thursday, July 23, 2015

Human Life on the "Clearance Rack"


The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction,
 is the first and only object of good government.


I just added a new list of links to my page. (Check out the Grim Reaper on the right.) I dare to say, studying those sites should be a top priority for every adult on the planet, especially aging Baby Boomers. 

Back in 1973 when the Supreme Court passed Roe v. Wade, pro-lifers predicted that euthanasia was right behind. Of course the "pro-choicers" (actually, pro-baby killers) all pooh-poohed the prediction. I remember debating a number of times on the subject and the opposition were obviously all working from the same playbook. "Just because you raise the speed limit to 50 miles an hour," they would say, "doesn't mean you'll raise it to 70."  As if that had anything to do with debasing the dignity of human life and reducing its value to zero. Let's face it, once the little shop of horrors puts a "price tag" on life, a "sale" is inevitable. And, after killing millions of babies with unlimited potential since 1973, we are rapidly moving those with limited potential to the "clearance rack," especially the vulnerable elderly.

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Sunday Meditation: The Value of the Elderly Sick

Every Sunday I take Communion to five residents of a local nursing home in Woodstock, VA. I only take two hosts because of swallowing issues with several individuals and the possibility that someone will not be able to receive. Since Jesus is entirely present in each particle of the host I don't deprive anyone, and it ensures the hosts are consumed. What a privilege to bear the Savior to these dear souls.

Each time I visit is a unique experience and today illustrated that. When my husband and I arrived we found Linda (I'm not using real names to protect the privacy of the residents) in the TV room. Linda has Alzheimers and is frustrated sometimes over not being able to remember things, but she almost always recognizes me as the lady who brings her Jesus, and what a smile she gives me along with a cheery greeting. I took her out to the lounge and showed her pictures of our newborn granddaughter and than prayed with her and gave her Communion. Linda always engages in a verbal dialogue with the Lord she loves so much. "Thank you, Jesus. Thank you for coming to me. I love you so much. I want to be with you. Please when it's my time take me to live with you."  Her prayer is always similar, very simple, and filled with the language of love.

Monday, May 25, 2009

American Idol, Eat Your Heart Out!



This elderly couple shows exactly what it means to grow old gracefully. They are a great argument against health care rationing that cuts off medical assistance for those considered too old to be worth it!