Of all the loved ones who passed away I miss my Grandma the most.
When we are 21 we are going to live forever but as we get older into our 50’s life becomes more valuable to us and when we get even older it may require assistance from others to survive.
“If it is permissible to kill the unborn human being for convenience it is surely permissible to kill those thought to be soon to die for the same reason. And it is inevitable that many who are not in danger of imminent death will be killed to relieve their families of burdens. Convenience is becoming the theme of our culture. Humans tend to be inconvenient at both ends of their lives.” -United States Solicitor General Judge Robert H. Bork, Inconvenient Lives, 1996.
“A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make it a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.” Abraham J. Heschel