Circumstances I am unable to control

My mom is in the hospital now. One minute she was bravely taking care of my Dad who was just released from the hospital a few days ago, and the next she is fighting her own battles with "trying to catch her breath". She has COPD also, and the cough/cold that she has been trying to ward off has settled in her chest. I feel such a sense of helplessness. I want so much to be there with them, to be able to see them both. I feel trapped by my lack of money to make the trip. I can have the time off from work, but I have just a few days of earned time left for the year and I can't afford to take time off without pay. My car is on its last leg -- wheezing and jerking as the transmission slowly is giving out. I feel cut off, not by choice, but by my circumstances that make it difficult to jump in my car and drive "home."

It angers me. I don't know what to do. I pray. I cry. I make phone calls. I wait for phone calls. I pray. I take  deep breaths. I whisper "God help them, comfort them, strengthen them. Let them know how much I love them."