the couple who bought my old house had a child who became gravely ill and sadly died of a brain tumour just a couple of months ago. i can only imagine how devastating this is - my son was gravely ill when he was a toddler and i just couldnt imagine what id have done if he hadnt recovered.
the people of our town raised alot of money for this couples child - over £20,000, but sadly it didnt do any good for their little one and she died.
they have gone on an extended month long holiday, and are doing house improvements with the money that was raised. am i being totally unreasonable to think that at least some of that money should have gone to the hospice that helped them or to the hospital? i understand that the money thats been donated was donated to them, and i can understand them keeping a proportion of it i guess, but i think id have felt that the best use of it was to donate for other children in a similar position.
when my son was gravely ill,(he was in a coma for a week and in hospital for nearly 2 months, he lost all of his learned abilities and had to learn to walk/talk etc all over again, and was brain damaged) i raised loads of money for charity to research meningitis. id never have dreamed of keeping any of it for a holiday, even if he had died id have still handed it all over.
am i being unreasonable? id never say anything to anyone in real life but i cant help but feel that that money was donated for a reason.