Here is another response about my post regarding Spain’s upcoming decision to allow ‘death with dignity’. “Euthanasia should be fully legal, fully agreed. The one nuance: it should be the choice of the patient IMO, and a decision made in fully conscience. A patient not able to grasp the consequences of it should not have […]

Recently I posted about Spain’s upcoming decision to allow ‘death with dignity’. Over the next several posts I’d like to share some of the thoughts I received. Here is the first: “Tell me about it. This time last year my neighbors mother, aged 90, whose house I bought, was given a few days to live. […]

My husband brought to my attention a recent article in the B.C. newspaper: Spain to OK death ‘with dignity’. Of course I had to read the article and google for more information. It appears that in March 2011 Spain’s socialist government will approve a draft law that will allow people with incurable diseases in the […]

Something For Stevie. Thanks for passing this story on to me Marlene. If this doesn’t light your fire, your wood is wet! I try not to be biased, but I had my doubts about hiring Stevie. His placement counselor assured me that he would be a good, reliable busboy. But I had never had a […]

It was a valuable lesson: Don’t believe everything you read and hear! But it was a harsh way to learn it. Last week on Thursday the life of my family was thrown into a tailspin when a car hit a thirteen-year-old girl…a girl we happen to know…a close friend to Brody, my same-aged son. Although […]

To the question of your life, you are the only answer. To the problems of your life, you are the only solution. ~Jo Coudert Melanie Hack Author of Who Killed My Sister, My Friend Read an excerpt now TV Shows and Clips about the Death of Cindy James

The day before my father passed away he pulled me onto the bed with him and hugged me hard saying, “You need to understand.” I wasn’t sure specifically what he was referring to but I had several good ideas and all of them deserved a response from me of, “It’s OK Dad. I do understand.” […]

Don’t just learn something from every experience…learn something positive. ~Allen Neuharth Melanie Hack Author of Who Killed My Sister, My Friend Read an excerpt now TV Shows and Clips about the Death of Cindy James

The crowd gathered around the cenotaph in my town yesterday was an impressive one, listening as the bagpipe band approached. We saw the RCMP in their Red Surge uniforms…and I felt such pride as I watched my son march towards us…along with the other cadets and members of the procession. This year, in remembrance of […]

It is the VETERAN , not the preacher, Who has given us freedom of religion. It is the VETERAN , not the reporter, Who has given us freedom of the press. It is the VETERAN , not the poet, Who has given us freedom of speech. It is the VETERAN , not the campus organizer, […]