Michael Schiavo can’t do anything right. He remained a loyal husband, fighting against rabid opposition to ensure that his helpless wife’s wishes were carried out. He endured libelous personal attacks and to this day faces new investigations that seek to tie him to his wife’s health problems.
Now, his wife’s family, who have been complete assholes during the long fight to let Terri Schiavo die, are complaining that they weren’t invited to her interment and are whining about the inscription on her marker. Fuck these people – they have absolutely zero legal or moral standing to complain.
Diane Gale placed the flowers at the grave marker, kissed her fingers and touched the bronze engraving. But amid the tranquility of Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park, something bothered her.
It was the last line inscribed on Terri Schiavo’s grave stone: “I KEPT MY PROMISE.”
“He didn’t have to do that,” Gale said Tuesday, referring to Schiavo’s husband, Michael. It was the “meanest thing he could do … a vindictive unkind thing.”
The Palm Harbor woman kept daily vigil outside the hospice where Terri Schiavo lay until she died following the court-ordered removal of her feeding tube in March. Gale said the words were a slap to Terri’s parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, who disputed their son-in-law’s contention she did not want to be on artificial life support.
Yet Michael Schiavo’s brother said Tuesday the line was not intended to hurt the Schindlers or their supporters. “It’s a statement to his wife,” Brian Schiavo said.
“It has absolutely nothing to do with them,” he added. “The Schindlers need to come down off their high horse. Believe me, Michael is not thinking of the Schindlers that much.”
……Brian Schiavo defended the decision not to notify the Schindlers of the Monday afternoon burial, which was overseen by a priest. “After the way he was treated by them, do you think the first thing on his mind is to invite them?”
……David Gibbs III, attorney for Terri’s parents, said Tuesday the gathering was “clearly” a breach of a court order that Michael Schiavo notify the Schindlers of any memorial service. Brian Schiavo countered that it was not a memorial service and that his brother does not plan one.
The Schindlers planned to visit the burial site this week, Gibbs said, but have decided to wait. “They’re hurt,” he said. “It had been their hope that Terri’s grave marker would have celebrated her life rather than memorializing her husband’s decision to end her life. That’s a decision that will forever remain a heartbreak to them.”