Parents: The Hands of Time

Part of the reason for my lack of posts as of late are that both my parents are in the hospital … in opposite ends of the same hospital … with different forms of cancer. Yesterday I arranged for dad to finally be able to visit mom for a while, and we got the two of them together for an hour or so. Of course after 55 years of marriage they should be able to get together more often than that, and I hope that happens this week.

Dad’s 85 and mom’s 78. You can see in the above photo where dad lost the last 1/4″ of his thumb to a tablesaw a few years ago.

These are the real hands of time, at least in my family.

We’ll get back to food as soon as time permits, probably in a couple days.

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  1. Sorry to read about this Dave. You and your family will be in my thoughts.

    Sandi &c.

  2. My thoughts and prayers are with you, Dave.

  3. Thank you ladies. Adam told me they were able to get mom into a wheelchair a day ago or so. The problem now is that they want to move dad to a nursing home while leaving mom at the hospital. If that happens, getting them together to visit will be impossible. It’s just not fair for the two of them …

  4. Praying for your mom and dad!

  5. Dave, I’m so sorry to hear about this.
    And may your dear parents remain together throughout this unfortunate ordeal.
    My thoughts are with you and your family.

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