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October 21, 2009
04:08 PM
Going Out on My Own Terms
Drawing the line

I figure I'm going to work until they cart me off. Can't afford to do otherwise. However, I know there will come a time when work's not possible. I got started saving late. Barely made enough money to make ends meet for years. I realize that my pitiful savings will hold me over in the nursing home maybe two months. I do not want to be a burden to my daughter. She's barely holding it together financially and doesn't need my additional upkeep.

Sadly, I've had to have several dogs put to sleep. I always thought it was unfortunate that option wasn't available for people. I cringe at other forms of suicide: too messy, not a sure thing, potential suffering. This, Dignity in Dying, sounds like a good option to me. I thought I'd just use my nursing home money and go to Switzerland. I asked my daughter if she would go with me and she said only if we get to stop in Amsterdam. That's my girl.

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