A Heart That Works
We saw every type of doctor you could imagine, lost count of how many treatments and therapies we tried, spent thousands of dollars, gave up all hope of her getting better, and started making plans for an early death. I was in my mid-thirties making plans to be a single father.
John Mark Comer • Deliverance: A Journey Toward the Unexpected
Durant ces mois, j’ai souvent réfléchi à ce que j’essayais de faire, à la difficulté de maintenir en vie une personne qui désire mourir. Dans un premier temps, on a recours à la logique (Tu as tant de raisons de continuer à vivre), puis on tente la culpabilité (Tu m’es redevable), et puis la colère, les menaces, et la supplication (Je suis vieux ;
... See moreEmmanuelle Erthel • Une vie comme les autres (Littérature étrangère) (French Edition)
One of the last things he said to me was “I’m sorry.” I could not understand, for many years, why he could possibly be apologizing to me. I should have been apologizing to him. He was the one who was in so much pain. He was the one who was dying. But he understood what I was too shocked to grasp. This would be the defining event of my life. Every o
... See moreSasha Sagan • For Small Creatures Such as We: Rituals for Finding Meaning in Our Unlikely World
