Have you ever had one of those days? Picked up Daughter #1 from high school after a seizure, picked up Daughter #2 shortly after for a playground accident, and then discovered that my credit card company had been sending my bills to my old address, which meant I wasn't getting them, therefore racking up considerable interest and putting my credit rating in danger. What a day!
There are days however when my life seems so monotonous, so dreary, my chores like drudgery, that I can barely stand it. The endless laundry, food preparation, housework, filing, typing, scanning and photocopying, you name it, all seems so boring. And then you have a day like Friday. No dullness there---- just fear, anxiety, stress all piled on top of one another. I'll take boring please!
One of the benefits of self-employment is that I can drop everything immediately to look after our girls. It has been a reality based on our eldest daughter's epilepsy that I have had to be able to swoop in, at a moment's notice, to pick her up and put her to bed for the duration of these postictal states which are characterized by headache, fatigue and sometimes nausea. And of course I hover around her for the balance of the day to ensure her health and well-being. My husband has to pick up the slack, work-wise.
Even parents whose children do not have a chronic health problem know that when your child is ill, everything else becomes unimportant by comparison. There is no bigger deal than getting them well. When your child does have chronic health issues and/or extraordinary needs it is the thread that runs through your every day. One tug and it seems like everything else will unravel as well. If you see us running, we're just trying to keep it all together....
There are days however when my life seems so monotonous, so dreary, my chores like drudgery, that I can barely stand it. The endless laundry, food preparation, housework, filing, typing, scanning and photocopying, you name it, all seems so boring. And then you have a day like Friday. No dullness there---- just fear, anxiety, stress all piled on top of one another. I'll take boring please!
One of the benefits of self-employment is that I can drop everything immediately to look after our girls. It has been a reality based on our eldest daughter's epilepsy that I have had to be able to swoop in, at a moment's notice, to pick her up and put her to bed for the duration of these postictal states which are characterized by headache, fatigue and sometimes nausea. And of course I hover around her for the balance of the day to ensure her health and well-being. My husband has to pick up the slack, work-wise.
Even parents whose children do not have a chronic health problem know that when your child is ill, everything else becomes unimportant by comparison. There is no bigger deal than getting them well. When your child does have chronic health issues and/or extraordinary needs it is the thread that runs through your every day. One tug and it seems like everything else will unravel as well. If you see us running, we're just trying to keep it all together....
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