You should always spend time with your parents.
Margaret's mother is living in a nursing home an hour from her town, and they haven't seen each other in a year.
Margaret wants to talk to her mom.
Margaret makes the hour drive to surprise her mom with a visit.
Margaret calls her mom on the phone and promises to visit soon, but never does.
Margaret's mother is in good spirits to see her daughter and feels more energetic.
The next time Margaret calls the nursing home to speak to her mother, they inform her that her mother has passed in the night.