My Uncle Jack passed away at the age of 80 in May of 2009. He was my father’s identical twin. Unfortunately, Jack was born severely mentally handicapped due to a birth injury and spent the rest of his life under the care of my grandmother until her death, and then subsequently in a home for mentally retarded adults in Deland, Florida. After my Dad’s death I became his legal guardian. Jack unexpectedly developed a severe case of pneumonia. My mother, husband and I flew immediately to Florida to be with him in his final hours. As guardian, I had to make the decision to take him off life support. It’s a terrible position to be in even when you know you haven’t got a choice. My mother couldn’t understand why I was in agony over it when the inevitable was going to happen within the next day or so. All I could think of was, what if he doesn’t go to heaven??? It just suddenly seemed like the weight of the world was on my shoulders. My mother in her wisdom reassured my over and o