The Savings Account

Each month, she faithfully put money into their savings account.

She watched it grow.

Occasionally she asked herself what they were saving for?

a new car?  they drove an older model and it worked just fine, so why get a new one.

a vacation?  they didn't want to leave their yard and family; they preferred sleeping in their own bed.

a cruise?  well, they had already done one of those, so why waste money and do it again.

So, the money accumulated, until one day....

As she sat next to her husband in the hospital, she realized - bitterly - what they had been saving for all these years:

MEDICAL BILLS.