The cremated remains of Terri Schiavo, the severely brain-damaged woman who died after her feeding tube was removed in March, were buried Monday in a Clearwater cemetery.
The burial failed, however, to bring a close to the Schiavo saga. Instead, acrimony flared anew, with her parents complaining that they were not notified beforehand about the service.
At one point, I think I actually had some sympathy for Schiavo’s birth family. That evaporated when one of her parents said, in an interview, that even if she’d left a living-will, they still would have opposed pulling her proverbial plug. That evaporated sympathy turned to disgust when, even after the autopsy revealed that she was, in fact, a veggie, they still continued to accuse Michael Schiavo of abuse and maintain that Terri would have revived.
Now I just feel sad for them. They put Michael Schiavo through hell. They used their daughter as a tool, not for what was best for her, but what was best for them. Are they really surprised they weren’t invited to the funeral? If I was Michael Schiavo, I wouldn’t feel one bit comfortable with them around.
Check out this comment by their lawyer:
“Obviously, that’s a real shot and another unkind act toward a grieving mom and dad,” Gibbs said.
The grieving mom and dad who accused Michael Schiavo of abusing and raping Terri, if I recall their accusations correctly. Y’know, no offense to her mom and dad, but they’ve done plenty of unkind stuff themselves, and a hell of a lot more of it, to boot. Gibbs is right - that is a shot right across their effin’ bow, but he’s wrong in that he tries to play it as they don’t deserve it. Sorry, they do.
