I love my children deeply and unconditionally but if I get coughed on, sneezed on, or breathed on anymore this weekend, I’m going to hurt somebody.<\/p>\n
Two of my daughters have heinous colds.\u00a0 The third daughter is starting to sniff so I know her turn is coming.\u00a0 The older two girls are miserable.\u00a0 There have been fevers, coughing fits, lots of sighing, runny noses and the occasional loud moan.\u00a0 I feel horrible for them.\u00a0 It makes me ache to see them feeling bad.\u00a0 I would much rather be the sick one watching them dance around from the sofa.\u00a0 But that is yet another thing I have no control over.\u00a0 They are sick and feeling awful and there’s not much I can do about it.<\/p>\n
Robert was out on errands for the majority of the day yesterday so I was the only “nurse” on duty in our home hospital wing.\u00a0 I got the girls juice and pampered them while they snuggled on the sofa and watched movies.\u00a0 I made sure they had medicine when they needed it and did all of those things that moms of ailing children do.\u00a0 The day went by and everyone seemed to be feeling better.\u00a0 Of course we had another round of fevers during the night so obviously, we’re not done yet.<\/p>\n
Watching your children suffer is one of the banes of parenthood.\u00a0 Eventually your loved ones will be disappointed or sick or hurt and there’s nothing you can do about it.\u00a0 Of course, we do not live in an ideal world.\u00a0 Life is full of heartache, illness, disappointment and sadness.\u00a0 As parents, we have to let our children learn to deal with these things.\u00a0 I’m not embarrassed to admit that if it were up to me I would shield them from all of the bullies in life but I know that would lead to disaster!<\/p>\n
For now, I just have to plod along refilling juice cups and spraying Lysol as I go.\u00a0 Hopefully today will be the last day.\u00a0 We can only hope that everyone rests well and fights off the cold gremlins.\u00a0 They are certainly nothing to sneeze at!\u00a0\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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