All I know is that it is not normal to go on vacation when your daughter has been missing less than four months. A vacation to me means to forget your cares and enjoy yourself. It would be the last thing on my mind.
If you think it is normal with your "get a grip comment", fine, Obviously, we disagree.
God gives us a special duty as parents to care and nuture our children and I can't comprehend going on vacation during the time a child is missing. Money can be spent on detectives to help find Elizabeth. If Ed and Lois asked the other children rather they would want the money spent on a vacation or on helping to find Elizabeth, I wonder what they would say.
Excuse me, but it isn't "normal" to have your daughter abducted. Everything you do or don't do is considered abnormal after that point - at least by the all-purpose, know-it-all critics on this forum.