Dear Robert Munsch,

I grew up reading your stories and listening to cassette tapes of your storytelling.  I find your story very inspiring.  You are neurodivergent and studied theology, which reflects really well in Love You Forever and in Waiting for the Thursday Boat. Neurodivergence gives a unique insight into an understanding of God.  

Like you, I wish to write children’s books.  I am a first year theology student at Acadia University in Wolfville Nova Scotia.  I am autistic and wish to develop an autism ministry.  And like you, I struggle with depression and loneliness.  So it broke my heart to read that you have applied for Medical Assistance in Dying.  https://www.liveaction.org/news/love-you-forever-childrens-author-assisted-suicide?utm_campaign=lan&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-931c2cbBOof4_pFPJI5yKmHLTbQUNJAZAV0pMfPODOTg0L5kbvNj1U7GgKsA4d2YKwZ-A-Xs1vgYncIMW8MC5qqxNvLw&_hsmi=381934805&utm_content=weekly_LAN&utm_source=housefile

Your writing and storytelling is a children’s ministry.  Children read your parables and learn from them.  Moreover, they learn from you.  What message does it give to a child, especially a child with disabilities, if you choose to be euthanized because you have a disability?  Children read the internet.  They overhear things.  They are far more aware than you realize.  

My grandmother had dementia.  And yet, even though she may not have consciously remembered me, she did still love me, and will continue to love me forever.  She died naturally in a palliative care home just shortly after I moved into her hometown.  I was the last family member she saw.

Dementia is a journey.  You may not remember everything, but we will still love you forever.  You do not have to die.  We as a country will band together to love and care for you.  After caring for us in a parental manner, we owe it to you to return the favour when you can no longer care for yourself.  

Sincerely,

Nicole Corrado