I thought I had it bad

If you're a mom and have ever been sick but still had to take care of your kids anyway...you know how I feel today. Yesterday it started with sneezing and blowing my nose all day and being congested. I'm amazed I finally fell asleep. When I woke up this morning I felt like I had been run over by a truck! Every inch of me was sore. I'm positive it's from all that violent sneezing that shook my small frame and my poor head. I didn't want to face the day, but the husband had already left for work and the kids were up and ready to go. So I dragged myself out of bed. The kids got themselves apples out of the fridge for breakfast and I hibernated on the couch while they ate their apples and watched cartoons. Lunch time came and I managed to get off the couch to make them some lunch and get them in bed. Then we all got a nap. (thank goodness!) I was in major self pity land, feeling like I had it pretty bad.

That's when I got a phone call. I had just woken up from my nap when my downstairs neighbor called me crying! She needed me to come get her 1 yr. old daughter because she's having major cramping and her husband was on his way home to take her to the ER. She's pregnant so that's a pretty scary thing. I rushed to get descent enough to leave the apartment for a second and ran downstairs to help her. I brought her daughter home with me and realized I suddenly had all this energy and was feeling 10 times better than before that phone call. I think the Lord blessed me with the strength to take care of her daughter and to do what I needed to around my house. All of a sudden I had the energy to do the dishes and straighten the living room (which was a disaster since the kids were inside all day). I thought I was having a hard day, and then the Lord gave me the opportunity to serve someone who was worse off than I was. (She and the baby are doing okay by-the-way.) Talk about putting my problems in perspective.

It's not that I wasn't having what felt like a horrible day, but getting the chance to serve someone who was having a worse day was humbling. I'm grateful I could help and forget about my own problem for a while. I'm still feeling crummy but I'm hoping tomorrow will be a better day. (Maybe we'll actually get out of the house!) Not being able to take medicine because I'm pregnant doesn't help. Oh well, hopefully some sleep will! Goodnight.