My friend, Marci, drives a basketball carpool every week, carting her teenage son and his teammates to practices and games. So she hears a lot, from the boys, about their daily lives.
One conversation a few weeks ago sent chills up her spine.
“How’s your Grandpa doing?” Marci asked Trey, an occasional rider.
Trey’s Grandpa had been in the hospital, a few states away, for two months after suffering a systemic infection that left him weak and unable to breathe on his own. Trey’s aunts and uncles had been taking turns visiting, flying down to spend time with him and watch over his care.
“Well, not so good,” said Trey.
And then, in a matter-of-fact tone, he added, “But they stopped feeding him last week. The doctor said now he’ll die naturally, on his own, sometime this week.”
Marci’s jaw dropped. She didn’t know what to say. Trey’s parents were nice people, not attached to any particular faith, but trying to raise good kids. And yet here was Trey nonchalantly describing his extended family’s decision to starve his Grandpa as a “natural” death.
When the other boys left the car, Marci’s own son turned to her, aghast, and said, “What’s up with that? Stop feeding him so he’ll die?!”
What’s up with that? It’s “worldview” in action.
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