Veronica had been coughing in my face for the last few weeks. It was inevitable that I would catch her cough.<\/p>\n
So I was lying in bed wishing I could have a longer nap, but when Veronica is done sleeping everyone is done sleeping.<\/p>\n
“Mommy! Time to get up!” and she is pushing on my leg. “Come on mommy!”<\/p>\n
I do not want this. I want to rest. I tell her “Mommy needs to rest”<\/p>\n
“NO, mommy..it’s time to get up!”<\/p>\n
I have to try something new. Lately, she’s been giving medical attention to her stuffed animals. It seemed to involve injecting them with an airpump. I thought I could use this:<\/p>\n
“Mommy is sick. I need to rest.” then I made my voice sound all hoarse and pathetic. \u00a0“I need medicine”<\/p>\n
“You need medicine?” Her little got serious. “Okay, I get you medicine.”<\/p>\n
“Yes, you go get me medicine.” Aand she left.<\/p>\n
ahhhhhh……..me and my pillow. Together at last.<\/p>\n
I heard the toilet seat go down. Maybe she had to go pee pee.<\/p>\n
More time passed. Then Chris came in to stand in the door with one hand on his hip.<\/p>\n
“Didn’t you notice that it was quiet for too long?”<\/p>\n
I was hoping it would stay quiet for longer.<\/p>\n
“She was climbing up on top of the toilet reaching for the medicine chest. You told her to get you medicine.”<\/p>\n
wow. She was going to go get me real medicine. She was going to take care of me.<\/p>\n
Of course, I wanted to leap up and protect her from dangerously standing on the toilet to reach the very dangerous medicine cabinet.<\/p>\n
But I am so touched that she was going to do whatever it took to take care of me.<\/p>\n
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Veronica had been coughing in my face for the last few weeks. It was inevitable that I would catch her cough. So I was lying in bed wishing I could have a longer nap, but when Veronica is done sleeping … Continue reading