New Year...Break out the illness

As I write this all five of my children are sick. I mean, they're ill and on the mend.

Me, I'm not ill but I need to mend.

There's nothing so concerning and challenging as having sick children. They look miserable and you want them (if you can imagine) back to their old selves where you find yourself screaming at them to "stop" doing whatever they've been doing for the umpteenth time. But now they're listless, burning up because they've caught some kind of virus as you try to get them to sit up and drink fluids.

As a Mom, I'm an average, ok Mom. But as a Mom to sick children I actually push my quality up to being a great Mom. I think it comes from years and years of having migraines as a child. A hard earned way of requiring compassion -- but it's true.

We've already ran out of ibuprofen, kleenex and blankets. I've re-washed and re-washed spoons for offering medicine.

The good news: they're stirring, (the once listless children) and me? Well, I look like I should lay down and have someone offer me some kindof prescription.

Actually if I could write myself a prescription it would look like this:

Sleep with earplugs. Allow only an earthquake to wake you up.
Visit a spa immediately after awakening from beauty nap.
And chocolate: lots and lots of chocolate, while watching some hawt guy in some romance comical movie.

Yep, that would really help me on the mend.

As for the children...having a healthy mom should be priceless.

What's your post prescription you give yourself, after caring for a sick child/husband. Although, a husband can be worse than a child.