Last night was a long one here with two girls sick with the flu. Cierra, who is four, felt bad right after dinner. Her dad was the one she wanted to help her and since it seemed to stress her out if I was offering to be at her side instead, I didn’t push it, even though I wanted to comfort her too.

My oldest Danika was avoiding her sister at every turn. She was not trying to be mean, she even made her sister a “Get Well Soon” card and hung it on the door to their room. She was stressing because she did NOT want to get sick too. There was something exciting going on at school, her much awaited monthly Girl Scout meeting right after, and a friends birthday sleep over to be well for come Friday. “Mom, I just do NOT have time to get sick too!” she informed me.

Well right around midnight, the flu bug bit her too. It was awful. It seemed like she managed to get this twice as hard as her sister had. The poor thing! Dad was sleeping, having to work early today, so it was only me available. At least she did not seem to mind it was me. Every few minutes she was calling for help, it was awful to see her so sick. The last episode came right around 2:00am and right before she finally drifted off to sleep she mumbled, “Mom, thank you soooo much.” Well I really did not do anything more than stand by and offer support, but I was happy she felt some sense of relief by that.

I know most of the things my kids will go through in life, the best thing I will be able to do is stand by and offer my love and support. Adoption is a BIG one of those things. I can give them everything they might need, can stand by as a comfort and a support, but when it comes down to the sometimes dirty work of processing it all, I am but a spectator on the sidelines. I wish as a mom I could “love it better” in this area too. I want to be able to make things right, make them happy and whole, but as long as I live I will be standing by. I will be holding their hand and letting them know that my love and support is here to hold them up and walk them through.

Love you my little babies, and I am glad you are feeling better today!

Happy Love Thursday!

Picture- Danika in a flu-free day this summer