Its raining again..Wow!

Another rainy day here today. I usually dont mind rainy days whatsoever, but because it rains non-stop here it kind of pisses me off. Cant I just have one day with sun? PLEASE? Anyway.. Family struggles going on here lately...Mostly to do with grandparents, and their possibility of passing away. My mom really wants to come back to the United States and take care of my grandfather & grandmother before they both pass away, but for some reason my dad has some kind of mental block in his head and no shred of compassion on the matter. Almost as if he doesnt really care that it could happen soon. It seems to me that he thinks my mom should have to stay here because when his mother died he wasnt in the States for it, so she shouldnt be able to be there when her mother/father die. Maybe its just me, but isnt family supposed to want to make & keep the other members happy? Isnt that what this whole "family" thing is all about? He can see my mom is physically & mentally distraught over it but still refuses to budge. People leave each other for long periods of time everywhere. Military deployments, job offers that are temporary, college, etc. Why wont he let her go and be with her family for at least a little while? Its only a year before he would move back as well, so why not give her the time to be with her mother/father? Also - I know and we all know that if his father was going through what my grandmother & grandfather are going through right now he would be back in New Hampshire in an instant. Funny how the tables turn....