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09-16-2006, 06:29 PM
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Dying Wish: Is this sweet or morbid?
I found this article about a terminally ill 17 year old who, through the Make-a-Wish Foundation, is realizing her dream of having a fancy wedding...
http://www.cleveland.com/lake/plaind...510.xml&coll=2
I feel so horrible because I want to be able to say, "That's so sweet!" but to tell you the truth, reading the article gave me the heebie jeebies.
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09-16-2006, 06:54 PM
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I think it's a really sweet idea.
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09-16-2006, 07:34 PM
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How nice of them to grant this dying girl's wish, it brought tears to my eyes.
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09-16-2006, 07:42 PM
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Why am I having flashbacks of "A Walk to Remember"?
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09-16-2006, 07:51 PM
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Why Morbid?
A dying child and The Wish Foundation give people good times before they Die!
Yes Die!
Not sure that would be mine at all for sure!
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09-16-2006, 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog
Why am I having flashbacks of "A Walk to Remember"?
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Exactly what I was thinking.
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09-16-2006, 08:31 PM
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Exactly what I was thinking.
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09-16-2006, 08:55 PM
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That article about broke my heart. I think it's sweet.
Since her mother is a single mother, this will be a great memory for her too, as that is one of the huge regrets a mother has when they lose a daughter or a son, that they never get to see them married or have a child.
Even though she won't really be married, considering the insurance issue, they have come up with a great alternative.
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Originally Posted by KillarneyRose
I found this article about a terminally ill 17 year old who, through the Make-a-Wish Foundation, is realizing her dream of having a fancy wedding...
http://www.cleveland.com/lake/plaind...510.xml&coll=2
I feel so horrible because I want to be able to say, "That's so sweet!" but to tell you the truth, reading the article gave me the heebie jeebies. |
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09-16-2006, 09:00 PM
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Me, too.
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09-16-2006, 09:15 PM
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Honestly, I think it's incredibly sad that this is the wish of a 17-year-old, and I'm kind of creeped out by the whole thing -- while recognizing that my opinion doesn't mean a damn thing to her or her family. But WTF, for real.
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09-16-2006, 10:38 PM
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Originally Posted by valkyrie
Honestly, I think it's incredibly sad that this is the wish of a 17-year-old, and I'm kind of creeped out by the whole thing -- while recognizing that my opinion doesn't mean a damn thing to her or her family. But WTF, for real.
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I'm with you, sister. It makes me think of 14 year olds in rural Utah being married off or something.
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09-16-2006, 11:46 PM
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It's very nice that the girl got what she wanted - honestly, I can't imagine being in a situation where death was imminent, and I can't even begin to imagine what my first choices would be in that case.
When I was working in the hospital system in Boston, I heard a full range of requests from kids at Dana Farber who were chosen by Make-A-Wish. Because of that, her choice doesn't surprise me in the least.
It's nice to see that she got what may be one of her last happy moments.
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09-17-2006, 12:53 AM
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I vote with the heebie jeebie contingent.
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09-17-2006, 01:40 AM
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heebie jeebies.
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I'm crackin' up 'cuz you sed "heebie jeebies" about a wedding...
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09-17-2006, 04:53 AM
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I wonder . . . if a boy made a wish to have sex with a woman before he died, would the Foundation send him to Nevada? Well why not?
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