Lebron -vs- Brooke

I've been watching all the news stories about Lebron's decision to move to Miami and something occured to me:
Why he chose to leave Ohio and move to Florida is his decision and his decision alone. I guarantee he didn't make the choice lightly or without heaviness in his heart. The bottom line, whether fans in either location like it or not,it's HIS decision to make. And, he has to do what his heart tells him to do and ultimately what will be best for his career moving forward. Sometimes decisions have to be made on NEED rather than on LOYALTY. Who can blame him for wanting to move to a team that will potentitally give him what he feel's his career has lacked...a championship.

The same goes with Brooke. As a parent, sometimes you get faced with decisions that aren't simple ones to make. Decisions that you know will affect people negatively on one end while hopefully giving you the outcome that you need on the other side. I use our recent insurance change, hospital change and doctor changes as my comparison. Brooke's been on the same insurance for 18 years and has been with the UNM system for 20 years. But it no longer worked for her. So us deciding to change everything in a course of a day was a HUGE decision to make and one that (for us) had to be made overnight. I cried about it, prayed about it, turned to anyone I thought could help me put it into perspective, but in the end...it was OUR decision. We did what we felt was best for Brooke and her healthcare moving forward. We made the move to give her more healthcare options and some new perspectives. Sometimes a new set of eyes is what you need. And while it hurt to make this decision, I know in my heart it is the right one.

So before you judge someone for a decision that you feel is wrong, unfair, hypocritical, or whatever the case may be...consider the person who had to make the decision and try to put yourself in their shoes. Most of the time, you can't begin to fathom what life in someone else's shoes feels like; therefore it's only fair to take a moment to consider the thought processes, heavy hearts, prayers and possibly tears that go into such a life-changing decision. Whether it's a severely over-paid basketball star or a chronically ill little girl...it's the same process.