My Story

[Joe46]

So I have been doing alot of thinking and praying the past few days. Sunday my Dad had to be flown in to the hospital and put in intensive care. His Kidneys shut down from having pneumonia and being dehydrated. It was a very scary stressful situation. I was down at the hospital with my mom while my dad was in the hospital. My wife took care of the kids and of course had to work that evening. I was a little bothered when I got home because I could have used some support. She came down to hear how things were going and I wasn't able to just talk with her about everything before she said she had to get back to work. Than I went back down yesterday to see my dad and on the day she was supposed to be off work, she decided to train another girl and help out during the afternoon and evening. Usually when I get home after work I take care of the kids and get them put to bed. I think that our children would be more important on her day off than her helping out. She helps out everytime someone needs to do any little thing. The one time her own family needed her she chose the job over us. My daughter was kinda worried about her grandpa being in the hospital. Last night when I got home she wasn't even available to talk to me about my dad. I have been there for her through every experience she has ever had to deal with. I have left work many times to get her to the hospital or if she needed me. I guess I was just hoping that during her one night off she would be there for me. Am I being selfish? I guess I just thought that having your spouse there through tough times was part of being married. My dad almost died. I'm sorry, but I needed to vent. She didn't used to be like this.