On the Mend

As I got on to check everyone's blog sites (as I so often do before I update our's), I realized that I really should write some sort of post so that we do not lose our audience here!!

We are "on the mend" in this home. After three bags of cough drops, a bottle of infant tylenol, a bottle of adult tylenol, a bottle of Nyquil, a couple doses of cold medicine, three boxes of kleenex, about 6 sleepless nights, three mild fevers, a billion coughs and sneezes, one lost voice and a dose of the cold to each of the three of us...I have decided that this was by far the worst cold in the Blake history (although, I have probably just blocked out the others)! I am thankful now, and will never take for granted again, that Cody and I are generally healthy and RARELY get sick, much less sick at the same time (and, of course, we've never been sick at the same time with a child!)!

It was, however, a time of discovery for me as well. A time to figure out how to treat a sick child (and how it just tears your heart out to see them in pain!) and a time to realize that even though mommy's sick, still nothing stops...or slows down, a time to figure out that I can still cook dinner, vacuum and make the bed even after several days of no sleep (hmmm...maybe that's why it felt like this was the worst cold ever!), a time to discover that taking an hour catnap in the middle of the day can be such a lifesaver, and a time to realize, yet again, that I do not like seeing people I love not feeling well!! Thank you God, for the healing (and sleep) that our bodies are beginning to experience! I am truly greatful!!