Dad's In Hospital ...
Jun. 23rd, 2005 08:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fiat_knox... and tonight, I'm helping Mum out here at my folks' place.
Normally, I'd be in the flat, but tonight, Mum would be alone in this place, and that's unconscionable.
Dad's having gallstone removal surgery. It's the first time he's been in hospital for 43 years.
He's terrified.
Most of all, tonight he's on his own: a situation that he has not had to contend with since, damn, forever.
So, while I can't do a thing for him there, I can do this, and make sure Mum is sorted out here. Anything she needs for me to take care of, I'm here to get it done.
Anyways, my nephew, who's eleven, dropped by from school. He's worried about Dad, too. He told Mum the following, which moved me to tears:
"You know the two most special, precious things in the world to me?" he asked her. Then he said: "Taid and Uncle Ags."
My Dad - his Grandad - and me.
Normally, I'd be in the flat, but tonight, Mum would be alone in this place, and that's unconscionable.
Dad's having gallstone removal surgery. It's the first time he's been in hospital for 43 years.
He's terrified.
Most of all, tonight he's on his own: a situation that he has not had to contend with since, damn, forever.
So, while I can't do a thing for him there, I can do this, and make sure Mum is sorted out here. Anything she needs for me to take care of, I'm here to get it done.
Anyways, my nephew, who's eleven, dropped by from school. He's worried about Dad, too. He told Mum the following, which moved me to tears:
"You know the two most special, precious things in the world to me?" he asked her. Then he said: "Taid and Uncle Ags."
My Dad - his Grandad - and me.
