Today I find myself taking my own advice about being still.
Our boys have been running fevers and now we’re dealing with a possible case of hand, foot, and mouth disease. The good news is that it’s not as serious as it sounds (CDC: Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease page) and it’s not at all in any way related to hoof and mouth disease, hoof rot, or sore mouth–which are all very serious livestock diseases.
The bad news is that it’s hard to diagnose if it’s a mild case–especially with Speedracer already having very sensitive skin that’s prone to break out if you breath to hard on him. Mouth sores are the classic symptom and they don’t have any. Speedracer’s mild rash could be from the fever, from dry skin, from helping me feed hay the other day, any number of things around here. The Dr said just watch it and plan to come in if it turns into anything other than what it is right now.
More good news? We’ve all be totally brainwashed about washing hands, not sharing cups, and sanitizing our houses, so the preventative and treatment measures come pretty second nature.
{Note to self: Stop freaking out. You’ve been doing this motherhood thing for 8 years now and so far nothing has been as serious as you thought it was at first. You should be getting the hang of this by now.}
But once we tackled that last night, we had to open the Ladybug’s mid-term report.
Ugh.
My girl is finding school challenging right now–which I am finding challenging right now as a parent.
I don’t know what’s worse–seeing her give up and refuse to try, or seeing her try so hard and not get the results she expected. Both are heart-breaking. Do you become a Tiger Mother, or develop an unschooling philosophy? Is the middle of this road “moderation” or just “mediocre.” Do you reward or discipline? What? When?
Which tears are true frustration and which are just manipulation? Mine or hers?
Oh how I pray for wisdom and discernment!
And long-suffering.
(BTW, I just included these links for those of you who might not be familiar with the terms to get the concepts. I’m not endorsing either of these as examples or considering these articles exhaustive on the ideas. They’re illustrative only. I highly encourage you to just Google the terms and read for a few months before making any firm opinions.)
And then it turns out that my blog was acting funny yesterday. I didn’t know about it until it had cleared itself up (I hope!) and I guess it was just a server problem (I hope). I haven’t had a chance to log in and check out it, yet. But I thought, no big deal, it’s not like my stuff is earth-shattering or anything.
Well, first impressions are first impressions and Murphy’s Law is Murphy’s Law. I had two sponsorship possibilities (which I had practically forgotten about) and an affiliate opportunity email me yesterday that they couldn’t access my site because it was “still under construction.”
Of course.
Oh well.
Let’s look on the bright side. My boys are acting perfectly normal so whatever this virus thing is, it’s passing. I had to put their stick horses and guns, light “saviors”, swords and shields, and eventually their hands and feet in time out this morning to get them calmed down before school.
The Ladybug has an A+ in verbal communication and plays well with others.
My blog seems to be working now.
And all these things can work for my good, if I just give them to God.
“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28)Onward and upward.
