['We were supposed to go on a mini-vacation for labor day but we had to cancel it.', "Oh no! Why did you cancel? That's the best time to go!", 'I thought so also, but his mother is sick and in the hospital so we need to stay close by.']
That's a really good reason to do so. Wouldn't want his mom getting any sicker with no one around.
We were supposed to go on a mini-vacation for labor day but we had to cancel it.  My mother in law is sick and in the hospital and my husband doesn't want to leave her.