RIP: Mother Who Cared for Her Unconscious Daughter for 38 Years
This is all the Schiavos wanted to do for Terri but were prohibited in an egregious injustice; take care of their daughter for as long as she or they lived. Kaye Obara loyally and lovingly cared for her daughter Edwarda for 38 years. From the story:
She never broke her promise. Kaye O'Bara, who pledged never to leave her then-teenage daughter's side as the girl slipped into a diabetic coma 38 years ago, died at her Miami Gardens home this week--in the same room she shared with her child, Edwarda, since 1970.These are the people we should emulate. These are the people who should be considered truly compassionate. These are the people who show us the power and magnificence of unconditional human love.
O'Bara, 80, died in her sleep. She had suffered for years from a cardiac illness that dated back to a heart attack in the early 1980s, said her niece, Pamela Burdgick...
Edwarda's younger sister, Colleen O'Bara, says the family will continue to care for her in the Miami Gardens home. "We never thought of it as a hardship. It just didn't seem out of the ordinary," said Colleen, who said she shared in her parents' hope that her sister would "one day just wake up.
HT: Judy Dobson
posted by Wesley J. Smith @ 4:02 PM
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3 Comments:
Now see this is a true mother. A true mother cares less for her own life then she does for her child's. That is something liberals will never understand. For instance, me and my son were walking from the pharmacy one night and I told him to get on the other side that way if any car wasn't paying attention it would hit me first and not him. He then said,"But Mommy if a car hit you and you died who would take care of me?" The kid has a point but I told him he would be okay, he has a lot of people who love him who would take care of him but it is my job as his Mommy to always protect him. However I am a billion lightyears away from being the kind of mother this woman was. The sad part is, the reason this woman is so amazing, so extraordinary is because there are so few of her kind left. God rest her soul. May the first thing she hears when she enters heaven is "You have pleased me, my beloved daughter. You have been a true and faithful servant."
The daughter's coma must be some kind of world record. It's not in the latest Guinness book; Elaine Esposito, who also had devoted parents, lived 37 years 111 days before she died in 1978 and is still listed as the record holder.
Daned -
I bet to her it didn't feel like a sacrifice - I bet to her, it felt normal and right. I hope she has the pleasure of being able to watch and see her daughter well cared-for until they join each other. I think that would be the best, most just and happy ending for both of them.
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