Michael Schiavo's Comment on His Wife's Grave Marker

The Moderate Voice has a piece up today about Michael Schiavo's sentiment placed on the grave marker for his wife, Terri. I only read through it once, but what I read, I don't quite agree with. The sentiment seems to side with the Schindlers (Schiavo's parents), saying "this is one last dig!"

But here's what appears on the grave marker: "I kept my promise."

Michael Schiavo did - so far as we can tell - keep his promise. He pledged to stay with her until death they did part and he did. He said he promised Terri he would not commit her to a lifetime as a vegetable and, for the most part, he did just that.

I do agree with one anonymous poster at Moderate Voice: that what was on the grave marker is none of our business. If the Schindlers hadn't once more cried about it, we wouldn't know about this.

Michael Schiavo is the only person in this tragedy - besides the tragic woman herself whose brain was largely gone - who didn't treat his wife like a promotional scheme or a way to get on TV. Jeb, the parents, Randall Terry, et al, horrified much of America with their behavior but at least with the parents, we could try to assume they had their daughter's best interests at heart even if it didn't always seem that way (even if they didn't complain about Michael until after the father demanded and did not receive a big financial windfall). Terry, the priests, and Bush along with Frist and other politicians were shameful.

God should get them for this.