Jhoanna Lynn B. Cruz
To my family, physicians, lawyers, and others:
Declaration made this____(date)__________, being _____ years old and of sound mind, willfully and voluntarily make known my desires that my dying shall not be artificially prolonged under the circumstances set forth below, and I declare:
If at any time I have an incurable injury or illness, certified in writing to be a terminal condition by my attending physician:
I direct that such procedures be withheld or withdrawn and that I be permitted to die naturally.
I would like to die naturally. But what does it really mean? Every dying is unnatural, if you examine eulogies. Nobody wants to let go. No time is the right time. I would never say to the grieving family, “It’s okay, it was time for him/her to go.” I didn’t want
