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You're adorable.

Do you regret the giant back tattoo?

Ok you said no questions off limits, so I'm going to get a little dark... What do you think of the idea of ending life support in a situation like this? It's 100% that the child will not survive, both the child and it's parents are suffering, and for what? There's no quality of life, no experiences that the child and parents can share together. I guess I can't say how I would handle this situation when I haven't experienced it, but I think I would definitely lean toward letting my child have a quick and painless death instead of several months of pain and suffering.

Edit: OP says that Lily was not on life support, so I was mistaken in my idea that medical intervention was keeping her alive. According to OP she had comfort care only. Also, people in this thread have taken this deep emotionally and ethically touchy idea I brought up and ran with it and are being assholes about it. Please don't do that.

You did, I was under the impression for some reason that there was more intervention to keep her alive. And you're right, it is a personal choice. I wish you the best and I think it's awesome that you came up with this idea for your charity

Elizabeth was/is Mormon. This isn't the place to critique the Mormon Church, but they do emphasize female chastity/purity. Elizabeth was unmarried and not a virgin, which goes against what she was taught as a child. Of course it wasn't her fault, and I've never heard anything about her community or church being anything but supportive, but imagine being a young teen who's been taught her whole life that women who have sex before marriage are impure. I'm sure it was difficult to deal with.