it doesn't mean that this tragedy hasn't changed or won't impact on his life, and lifestyle in the days, weeks, and years to come. As a result of his wife's premature death, he now has a premature infant child in the hospital who needs his presence, and a second child, not sure of his age (post didn't say) who needs comforting and who will need his father's presence now at home, as well. If the deceased wife was a stay at home mother, that role will have to be replaced by someone else so that the father could continue to provide financially for his family. Since the death was unexpected, the Father is in a stage of grieving as well, and it will probably take him a while to get his house in order and deal with his children's needs, before he can grieve for himself. His older child lost his mother as well, and that child will need time to grieve for that loss as well. Sure there may be family members in the community, but there might not be. It will be a blessing if there are. If the father had a good job he might have also worked long hours to make that good income or had to travel for his job, something he could have done with the luxury of a stay at home wife, but may not be able to without her there in his work absence.
So people should not be so quick to judge someone else. These funds are voluntary, and people who give in these types of matters can do their own due diligence when deciding whether or not this is a cause they want to donate to. It is their money and they receive their blessing based on their good intentions and their good deeds, not how the story ends down the road. Can we all just be happy that these types of non-cynical people still exist, instead of providing fodder for them to be always skeptical and thought of as potential fools?
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