Sick (and Tired) and Grateful
Posted on: 01/13/2015
The last few months have been pretty busy in the real world. Most of November amd December saw us battling one illness after another. Everyone was sick with the flu on Christmas and I didn’t bother sharing any pictures taken as we all look miserable.
Feverish Biscuit days before Christmas
Even with all of the germs & miserableness of the last few months, I’m grateful. None of us needed medical intervention and we are all very well on the road to recovery. After this is all said & done, I’ll still have my babies to hug. I know that sounds morbid, but it is something I’ve thought about a lot lately.
Christmas Eve & all the babies are sick
I posted a few weeks ago about #TeamRiver & efforts to help a local friend whose child was diagnosed with Stage IV Neuroblastoma. My heart has been a bit heavy since then, but seeing how quickly our community has come to their aid has been a beautiful silver lining!
Almost all better!
As we approached 2015, our health was steadily increasing. I finally was able to start the doula course I had been enrolled in since November and was looking forward to using blogging to help me keep track of the books I need to read as well as my thoughts on them. (Aside from reviews that I was already obligated to and the occasional Wordless Wednesday, I know my posting has been sparse.)
Just after the start of the new year, a mom posted in a closeknit local Facebook group. She had seen us all come together many times before including #TeamRiver efforts and even rallying behind her when she was harassed for nursing in public. This time, she really her mama tribe; her sweet nursling had fallen asleep forever on New Year’s day. I know that I am not the only one who cried and reached for my babies after reading her post. How do we help? We are all doing our best to offer words of comfort or a shoulder to cry on. A meal train was started and I made spaghetti because it seemed like the most comforting of comfort foods, especially for her older daughter. A GoFundMe account has been set up to cover costs that may arise and our community is still sending her family our love and support.
Getting started...
I expect my posts will still be few and far between for awhile. I’ve got a lot of reading/work to do for my doula certification and I’m really hoping to focus on it intently for the next few months. When I’m not doing that, I suspect I’ll be gratefully hugging my babies and sending loving vibes to all of the mamas with hurting hearts.
Jens2Cents 
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