What’s Right and What’s Wrong?

Two stories have appeared on my horizon that trouble me deeply.  The first is about Alaina Giordano – a woman whose estranged husband was allowed by a judge to move her two children from Durham, N.C., to Chicago.  No big deal except she was dying of stage 4 breast cancer.  The judge felt hubby would be a better parent.  Alaina was able to go to court (with help from generous donors) and retrieve her children for the last few weeks of her life.

The second story involves Cindi Davis, also terminally ill with breast cancer.  Her medical bills have become so high that’s she’s unable to pay both them and her mortgage.  Her bank (Wells Fargo) remains unmoved and is allegedly threatening foreclosure.

What troubles me is that while both of these women could be accused of not appropriately planning for their unknown futures (i.e. making better spousal choices or better saving for a rainy day), the bottom line is that we never think bad things will happen to us.   How heart-breaking that they’re courageously living their last days, while others in their lives are behaving so inhumanely.  What has happened to being charitable (socially charitable, NOT  financially charitable) to our fellow human beings?