Jan 25 2009
what would you do?
What would you sell to pay for your child’s medical treatment?
Lots of the stuff is easy - stuff you don’t use anyway, things you wouldn’t miss.
Would you sell your bed? Your dining room table? Your antique hutch left to you by your great-grandmother? Your kids’ beds?
The Peters family of Georgia is selling pretty much everything they own on ebay in order to pay for their children’s medical treatment. You can read about their story here and here.
This family illustrates how you can do everything “right” in your life (hard work, budgeting etc.) and still be brought to your knees by unexpected bills. So often, we can be self-righteous when we see people who have fallen on hard times, thinking of so many things they “should” have done differently. The reality is often so different, and so close to our own experience.
Angie over atBaby Cheapskate is asking every reader to donate $2 so this family won’t have to sell their things, and I am asking the same. You can donate here via PayPal. In these difficult times, we have an obligation to take care of each other whenever possible.
I leave you with a quote that I find particularly inspiring in this context: “With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God’s work must truly be our own.” (JFK 1961 Inaugural Address)
Do God’s work today, mamas.
=( I wish I had money to give. I’ll bookmark your page though, maybe add a link on my page and even a bulletin on my myspace for people to check out the link. I hate hearing stories like this.