Why does it take the death of a child for people all over the country - nee world - to assemble walking teams that instead of being in her stead will now have to be in her memory?
Why does it take the death of a child for hundreds if not thousands to donate to a cause that a month or so ago when her mother first sought donations, they didn't at that time deem worthy enough?
Why does it take the debilitating of a celebrity to being a disease and its research and cure finding to the forefront of people's minds?
Why does it take the death of a battered spouse to bring legislation to those in need?
Why?
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Thank you great grandpa!!
15 years ago
I don't know why, but I've been asking those same questions myself.
ReplyDeleteI don't know why, but it is amazing that it does.
Well, some of us did donate before she died...I can't speak for others. I wish I knew.
ReplyDeleteIt seems an assumption is being made that a month ago, people didn't deem the March of Dimes as a cause worthy enough of their time/money. You can't know that's true. There are hundreds of thousands of worthy causes - people can't support every single one, every single time.
ReplyDeleteIt's all perspective. I don't want to look at the outpouring of support for the Maddie's family in anger or frustration or even confusion.
I just see love in a time it's most needed.
I think a lot of people are in a fog/daze most of their lives, dealing with the everyday, trudging through, and it takes something big to make them wake up, take notice, and take action.
ReplyDeleteI don't think it is a fair question. It isn't that people don't care. It is just that they respond better when they have a sense of urgency. In the case of Maddie's death, it wasn't so much that people suddenly wanted to donate to March of Dimes, but that they suddenly wanted to show the Spohrs how much they cared and were thinking of them.
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