Re: MAW decision made/why do I feel guilty?/n!!!!!!/

[Guest guest]

Weeeeeeelllllllll, hard to ignore you. You are an authority, so your

concerns can not be ignored, The boat concerns are the same reason

why I do let anybody use the water dispenser in my refrigerator.

> > I hate putting a damper on this, but food poisoning and close

> contact is so

> > common on those cruises, that I would hesitate to do it myself

or

> go with

> > my child with cf----the ocean somewhere, maybe, the Caribbean?

> > n, wcf, mom of 3 adults, 2 carriers and one wcf--I am the

> Grinch!

> > MAW decision made/why do I feel guilty?

> >

> >

> > Well, after four months, has finally decided on what

she

> wants

> > to wish for. She was thinking about going to Paris, but some

of

> our

> > friends who have been there told her that unless she likes to

> look

> > at old buildings and art, there really is not much for a ten

year

> > old to do there. So, being an ex-travel agent I told her that

if

> she

> > chose a cruise then she could do all the fun stuff the cruise

> ship

> > had to offer AND still be able to go and see interesting

places.

> In

> > addition she would be able to see many different places. So

her

> next

> > dilemma was where to go. I told her about Carnival and how

fun

> their

> > cruises are, but she is not interested in the Caribbean or

> Mexico.

> > She finally decided that she wants to go on a Mediterranean

> cruise,

> > and boy is she excited. " this is it " she says " this is the

one

> and

> > I am not changing my mind " .

> > Its funny because when I talked with the MAW coordinator I

> actually

> > felt guilty. I feel like this is awfully extravagant and

strange

> to

> > ask for something so big. My husband is not excited at all.

He

> says

> > that " whatever wants is fine " and thats it. He does not

> want

> > to beleive that she would ever need an organization like Make

a

> Wish

> > and I think he feels that there are more deserving children

out

> > there than . I can see his point and this is probably

where

> > some of my guilt comes from. Also, it is hard to explain to

> > why she does deserve this.She has been on the website and has

> seen

> > the other kids that have had wishes granted. She asks me " Am

I

> as

> > bad as they are? " as she sees the kids with no hair and

suffering

> > from other illnesses. " No honey, you are not as bad as they

> > are " . " Well then if wishes are for kids who are very ill, why

do

> I

> > get a wish? "

> > With the help of my parents, our children have had a chance

to

> > experience some incredible opportunities; perhaps more than

the

> > average 10 year old, so how can I justify asking for a

> wish?

> >

> > Sorry this is so lengthy, I needed to express these feelings

as

> > nobody really understands.

> >

> >

> > e, mom to ,120 months wcf and Ian 156 months no cf

> >

> >

> >

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