Clay is sick. He has missed two days of school and has been lying around and coughing his little head off. Other than Sunday, I have been at work. I make sure to set his medicine out before I leave and to place sticky notes telling him what times he can have a dose. I call and text throughout the day to check in. I leave lunch options out on the counter. (I should mention Todd is working from home and is in the basement) Before bed, I make sure that his vaporizer is all set, he has tissues and water. Clay loves the attention. And as soon as I am home, he is ready to ask for jello, grits, sprite or whatever else I can bring to him. Of course, I love it. I remember teasing my Mother as she broke up the Frosted Wheat for my brother into the cereal bowl when he was home from college! My brother was not protesting.
We all need a little attention and nursing from time to time. We all need to be the caregiver. We all need to let someone care for us too. And we should be grateful for the people we get to care for and who fuss over us. I am not sure what would be worse. To have no one to care for me when I was down....or to have no one to care for.
So use this cold and flu season to spread a little love and collect some too.
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