Silly me! I thought, once the kids are back in school, things will get back to normal. You know, normal being where everything goes perfectly and no one gets sick and there are no pressing crises and I have the luxury of little time each day to sit in front of a laptop and tippity-tap [...]
Posts under ‘stomach viruses’
Miss You All
I was hoping to have been back by now. I have so much I want to write about! But I have one child sick with stomach flu and fever that seem to be lingering on and on right now, just as school is starting. I'm hoping everyone will be healthy by next week. I miss [...]
The Hardest Words
Image credit: Photo by Bekah Stargazing on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons My son Austen, like many other autistic individuals, does not like (or understand the purpose of) many of society's little pleasantries. He balks at words like hello, goodbye, please, sorry and thank you; anything that can appear in a conversation as part of [...]
February Is the Cruelest Month
Image credit: Photo by luca.candini on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons Every year in February, I'm grateful for one thing: it's short. By February, I feel as if spring is so close, yet still so terribly far away, and my mood is generally at its lowest and darkest point in the whole year. So, every [...]
Teaching Myself to Parent in Recovery
Image credit: Photo by Laura Burlton on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons When my daughter was about a year old -- not yet able to talk or to walk across a room without plopping on her bottom -- I was out grocery shopping with her. By the end of the (too long) trip, she was [...]
That’s Close Enough, God
Image credit: Photo by cambiodefractal on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons I was hit hard by a virus yesterday afternoon. I am on the mend but still feeling ill. I have found lately that when I am sick, I rely on and feel most in conscious contact with my higher power. But I have to [...]
One Step Forward for Hygiene, One Step Back for Finances
I have a weakness -- a big weakness -- for fancy soaps. My dermatologist has recommended that, given the amount of housework I do, my propensity for handwashing and the resulting state of my hands, I should use only the gentlest, fragrance free soaps. (Did you know that one can come down with a condition [...]
Hai… Hai… Haiku!
Cold winter sunshine.Trees: black bones against the sky.Where is Life hiding? Sniffling, sneezing.Taking it easy this week.Blog is neglected. Still, I'll take a coldOver a stomach virusAny time I can.
Ok, Seriously Now We Are Done with this Thing
Hurray! That wretched (retching) stomach virus is finally gone from our house! How can I be so certain? Because every last one of us finally succumbed to it. After my son's ride on our own metaphorical vomit comet earlier this week, followed by my daughter's dutiful imitation of her big brother, my husband came home [...]
I Spoke too soon
Well, I spoke too soon.Son is better but Daughteris now vomiting. Vomit on carseat,sofa, blanket, best loved toy...I hate viruses.
