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A Life Worthwhile: The Story of Aaron
When Pastor John Mollitt read in a newspaper that a four-week-old boy had been taken into hospital, he somehow knew that this baby boy would be the next foster child that he and his wife Pat would care for. Aaron arrived for a year of fostering, the beginning of a process that eventually led to his adoption.
Despite his complex medical needs and the doctors saying he would probably not reach the age of 10, Aaron lived life to the full for 28 years, bringing joy, hope and inspiration to those around him. He went to a special school from the ages of 4 to 18, enjoyed a tailored programme based on the National Curriculum and even met royalty.
This is a story of God’s love expressed in the life of a family, and how their commitment to one another enabled them to overcome great challenges.
Despite his complex medical needs and the doctors saying he would probably not reach the age of 10, Aaron lived life to the full for 28 years, bringing joy, hope and inspiration to those around him. He went to a special school from the ages of 4 to 18, enjoyed a tailored programme based on the National Curriculum and even met royalty.
This is a story of God’s love expressed in the life of a family, and how their commitment to one another enabled them to overcome great challenges.
78 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 29, 2018
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June 29, 2024
This book describes, in a very simple and unpolished style, the ups and downs of life with a severely disabled child, adolescent and young adult. Although Aaron remained non-verbal throughout his life, he enhanced the lives of all who came to know him with his endearing smile and clear enjoyment of life. To his parents and siblings he was a gift from God.
John Mollitt’s evangelical style of Christian faith is not my own, but I can agree wholeheartedly with his assessment that Aaron’s disabilities do not make him any less valuable a person or any less made in the image of God. And, like him, I am saddened that they came across Christians who implied that medical intervention to prolong Aaron’s life was inappropriate since it would be kinder to allow him to die (and go to heaven). I find this particularly disturbing in the light of the current debate on Assisted Dying. It is often argued that many people who oppose legislation to allow assisted dying do so on religious grounds, whereas this suggests that religious people may be more inclined to see death as a blessed release from suffering than those who have no hope of an afterlife.
This should be compulsory reading for MPs and government ministers involved in future legislation around euthanasia.
John Mollitt’s evangelical style of Christian faith is not my own, but I can agree wholeheartedly with his assessment that Aaron’s disabilities do not make him any less valuable a person or any less made in the image of God. And, like him, I am saddened that they came across Christians who implied that medical intervention to prolong Aaron’s life was inappropriate since it would be kinder to allow him to die (and go to heaven). I find this particularly disturbing in the light of the current debate on Assisted Dying. It is often argued that many people who oppose legislation to allow assisted dying do so on religious grounds, whereas this suggests that religious people may be more inclined to see death as a blessed release from suffering than those who have no hope of an afterlife.
This should be compulsory reading for MPs and government ministers involved in future legislation around euthanasia.
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