beenie

Maybe I'm just not as "good" a person

I believe I posted about my cousin's baby at some point, but I can't find the post. My oldest cousin on my mom's side has two children, the younger of which has a condition called Diamond Blackfan Anemia. Now, all of this info is third-hand because I get it from my mom, who gets it from her sister-in-law (baby's grandmother), so I don't know what - if anything - is getting lost in translation, but here goes... Caleb needs regular blood transfusions and will most likely eventually need a bone marrow transplant. He's somewhere in the neighborhood of 18 months old right now, and only recently crossed the 20lb. mark - a transfusion can't take place until he weighs 40lbs. So unfortunately, he's not a very healthy little guy and a lot of work (not to mention travel) goes into keeping him as healthy as humanly possible.

My aunt and uncle (Caleb's grandparents) became Born Again Christians when I was very small, if not before I was born. They have done missionary work, etc. They are currently in the process of selling their house and moving to Guam for what they say will be "at least 10 years" to be missionaries.

Now, call me crazy, but if I had a grandchild who was as ill as Caleb sounds, I don't think I could move halfway around the world for any length of time, let alone 10 years. I'd want to spend as much time with that child as I possibly could, and make sure I was there to be helpful and supportive for my child and child-in-law who had to deal with the ups and downs of being a parent to a sick toddler. I can understand that they're feeling "the pull of the Lord," but honestly, I have to believe my pull toward my children would be stronger.

But that's just me.