Mother's Day 2010

Well, it wasn't the worst Mother's Day ever.

No, that would have been the time that our bunny rabbit was found drowned in the toilet and my mom had a migraine all day long. Yeah, that had to have been the worst.

Yesterday was good in that I didn't have to do much all day except lounge on the couch. The sad part was I had chills, a fever of 101, and a throat so sore I couldn't swallow, talk. Just to take medicine I had to psych myself up.

I went to the doctor on Saturday, knowing this was the worst I'd ever had a sore throat- it kept me up all night. I thought for sure that I had strep throat! But, the rapid strep was negative. Thankfully, they did a culture (I insisted). They called this morning and said it was positive. See? I knew I had a bacterial infection!

The thing of it is, even though I felt miserable, was nearly comatose on the couch, there are still things a mom just has to get done.

Like sew the promised little mouse for the first-grader's book report.

Zoë wearing her mom's sunglasses at Fernwood Gardens
during our visit there last week, May 1st.

Like get dinner into the oven (I'd made carrot pesto last week and froze it and thought that would be the perfect Mother's Day dinner since I'd only have to make a salad to go with it) at a reasonable time so we could eat dinner on time (for all that Travis did, which was EVERYTHING, I don't think he realized he needed to put the frozen stuff into the oven at 4 to be able to eat at 5:30).

Like make treats for daughter's book report (piping chocolate bats; yes, the bats were in the story).

Veronica, in the sling, loved sucking on a pretzel
as we walked around Fernwood Gardens.

And, of course, there was still the necessities of nursing the baby, kissing the two-year-old's owies, exclaiming (without voice) over the sweet cards and papers made by the 4-year-old and 7-year-old.

Megan started a leaf and acorn collection on our walk through Fernwood.

Yeah, a mother's work is never done and certainly doesn't go on hold when she's sick. It's amazing the Lord's support that allows a mom to put aside these things and serve, even when she's horribly sick.

Miranda, not one to sit still for long,
wanted to see everything.
She especially loved the whole "adventure" aspect:
seeing new things, touching, running, jumping

There's also something incredible about a husband who, without even a word, picks up the slack. And, no, he may not do it the same way, but the job gets done (and with Travis, done well). I was VERY glad that he was home to chip in. I am really not sure what I would have done if I'd gotten sick when he was out of town at a conference in Florida this past week!

And, once again, I'm grateful for modern medicine and for antibiotics. I just can hardly wait until I feel better with them!