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You are wrong to assume that there is no concern for Terri herself just because you choose not to see it that way.

You said, "I see reactions to events centered around Terri and the use of Terri politically to address those events. And see this camouflaged as love and caring for Terri. Maybe I'm out of line, but, God help me, it angers me to see this." This is exactly what I feel, too, but perhaps from a different perspective.

I see Michael having impure motivations for doing this to Terri, camouflaged as love and caring. If he really loved Terri, he wouldn't have procreated two children with the woman he's living with out-of-wedlock. If he really loved Terri, and cared for her, he would give her the best of care, including dental cleanings twice a year. He would allow her to have range of motion therapy. He would allow her to have swallow tests. He would allow her parents and family to see her free of charge. If he loved Terri, he would let her be wheeled out into the fresh air or to go to an exotic bird show. He would allow her stimulation of a variety of sorts. I wouldn't wish his type of love and caring on my greatest enemy.

I see a fame and money hungry lawyer (Felos) going after his next kill. He would be a two-bit lawyer if it weren't for the notoriety of the Estelle Browning case, in which he made a name for himself.

I see a judge, who very well may be incompetent to be doing the important job he's been allowed to do for the last several years. His motivation for continuing to rule as he does has more to do with admitting that he has overlooked many laws to begin with, and so now has to cover that up by continuing to do the unethical thing. He has had ample opportunity to fess up and to let someone else take the case over, but he thinks he is being more honorable by sticking with it.

Finally, I see a group of pro-euthanasia advocates within the hospice industry, tainting the true mission of the hospice movement. It's possible they were there all along, pushing this agenda to kill off people who are helpless, and "we" just didn't see their masquerade. Hospice says it's there to help deal with the end-of-life. That doesn't necessarily mean we should be pushing people over the edge.

It angers me to see Terri being used in this way. She is a real person and has a real value, even if only truly known by God Himself. But the fact that Terri is a sister to me as a child of God, well, I care about who she is and how she feels, even if what she feels is far different than anything I know or have experienced.

What I can tell you is that when I was younger, I didn't think that I'd want to live an imperfect life, but as I got older I realized that none of us lives a perfect life. We get what we get, sometimes of our own doing. There have been times where I have gone through quite a bit of pain and suffering, sometimes physical and sometimes mental, and now that I'm past that people say, "How'd you ever make it through that?" And I can't tell them except for the grace of God. It was tough, but not impossible. It wasn't much fun, but it wasn't always dismal. I spent a lot of time in prayer.

I think it's possible that Terri is able to endure her ordeal so far, because God is with her in a special way. Maybe even in a way so special that we here on Earth don't/can't understand unless God gives us the grace to understand.

I care about Terri because she is a sister to me, a sister in Christ, another of God's children. I wouldn't want what's happening to Terri to happen to any other person, including her husband, his lawyer, or the judges. The laws in Florida have been written so that this SHOULDN'T be happening to Terri, but they are. So how do we get the laws of Florida to be executed properly? You'd think that Judge Greer should be able to handle this, but in fact, he may truly be incompetent. Why isn't he taking care of his own paperwork? He should never have let this get to this point, but since he has, there must be some legal way to remedy this situation. This is wrong, and it really doesn't matter to me if there are laws saying Michael can do this. There are plenty of laws that say he can't. Now what do the common people do?