New Reason for retirement!

Well for the passed two weeks I have found another reason for my retirement. Late, a couple of Sunday's ago, my baby brother called me. He and Daddy were on their way to the the hospital in Collierville, TN following an ambulance that was carrying my 85 year old mother. Mother was then airlifted to Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis where they did surgery on her for a ruptured aorta. Needless to say this was not an easy surgery especially since she is 85 years old. Thank God for His goodness, she made it through the surgery and then after a day or two they went back in and cleaned out an artery and put a stint in two other arteries. I traveled back and forth to Memphis which is an 2 1/2 hour drive several times in the passed two weeks. If I had not been retired I could not have made the trip as often because I would not have been able to get off work. I did not want my 85 year old daddy to be by himself at the hosiptal so I traveled. I even stayed a night or two at the hosiptal. Thank goodness we got her home last Friday. Now I only have to travel 1 1/2 hours to her house. However, Daddy will not let me come every day. I am going Sunday and stay through Tuesday so that he can go to some meetings. He is on several boards and gets paid for attending these meetings. He wants to get paid. With the hospital stay he is concerned about money so I am going to stay with Mother while he goes to the meetings. He will not leave her alone. They have been married 61 years and he has never left her alone when she was sick. He has never been seriously sick. Mother has had several close calls but always makes it through. I guess God has something left for them to do. Friends have been wonderful. She has recieved over 100 cards and many calls and visits. We all appreciate the efforts that hers and Daddy's friends have put forth. Isn't it great that I am not working. God works some many things out for the best.