Have you ever had an abscessed tooth? If yes, could you even begin to imagine the pain lasting longer than 2 days let alone 6 months?
Years later (when could afford a dentist), my dentist could see from x-rays that I had had an abscess and was surprised that it had resolved on its own.
I still remember the pain.
During the same period of time, my ex-husband who was not paying child support, would berate me for not providing the necessities for our children like cable TV and HBO, needless to say, he was providing those things for himself. He would even joke to his friends that our only TV was a 13 incher.
I realize that it is difficult to comprehend that in the midst of plenty, some people really do without, but they do.
I remember a sermon I heard about judgment. The pastor said that we can look at someone who is down and out and think, "what a loser" and still if we knew all the facts of his life we might stand in awe that he has managed to do so well.
In the article at the head of this thread we are given few facts. We don't know anything at all about this mother except that she is poor and had two children, one of which has died for lack of treatment; the rest is conjecture.