And after going today, I know why it was the right choice and why I'm okay with getting better over the course of a few days rather than a "quick fix" of a school day spent in bed instead of with my kids.
"You sound like you have a froggy in your throat."
"You know what would make you feel better? One of those add-a-vils."
Taking a second to slow down, just breathe, watch, and being surprised by little arms around me. "You feel warm," she says as she hugs a little tighter. Hugs from little hands just when I need them -- Hey, God. You're awesome.
"I need some hanitizer!" he says as he squirts the lemony-fresh slime all over his hands.
A little hand tapping my hip as I'm coughing. A second later, I'm a little out of breath but ready for anything again. I turn and smile at her, and she knows I can listen now. "Are you going to be okay?" she whispers to me.
After coughing away again while we're lining up for lunch, she asks, "Are you going to take one of your other pills now?" "Pill? Oh, you mean cough drop?" "Yeah." "Oh, probably." "Good."
There are many reasons why I love what I do, but there are 21 main reasons with such caring hearts overflowing with love. Every day I'm lucky that they spill some of it out on me.
~"Kids: they dance before they learn there is anything that isn't music." [-William Stafford]~
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Today I asked my kids, "What did you hear?" after a listening exercise, and one of them answered: "What did you hear?"
"But that was me!"
"I know, but that's what I heard!"
Can't help but smile after stuff like that!
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