I Vote for Me: Death With Dignity
Posted by Dawn Quarles on June 8, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Brittany Lauren Maynard 1984-2014
At the urging of a friend, I picked up the novel Me Before You by Jojo Moyes at the beginning of this year. I’d heard my friend mention just a few of the key points of the novel as she discussed at our lunch table how emotional it was for her: Super active, good-looking, vivacious, wealthy young guy becomes a quadriplegic after he’s hit while on his motorcycle by a speeding car. Then a doting, attentive, pretty young girl is hired to take care of him, and naturally they fall in love. I thought it was just the book for me. I’d actually thought about this kind of thing in my own life, a lot:
Who would take care of me if something terrible like that happened? Could I take care of someone in that situation? Read more
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