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It takes a village to raise a child
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I've said that phrase many times, but it has never been more relevant to me on a personal level than over the past few days. Thursday morning I woke up with an extremely sore throat, yet still managed to get myself ready and head in to work. By the time I got there, what little voice I had left disappeared and I was promptly sent home. A visit to the doctor revealed that I had strep, so I grabbed my antibiotics, tissues, and some juice, and prepared to spend the next few days in bed. The problem is, what do you do when you are a single parent, and you don't want your child to catch your infection? I was lucky enough that the parents of my daughter's friend stepped up to the plate and offered to take her in for me - insisting that she could stay there as long as it took for me to get better. Now to be fair, she is more than capable of feeding herself and taking care of herself in general, but what an enormous relief to not have to worry that she may end up in bed for the next week after catching what I had. Because of this random act of kindness, I was able to literally stay in bed for 48 straight hours, and I'm feeling much better now than I would have if I had to get up and clean and cook.
The only downside is that I am leaving town late next week for five days, and she is staying behind with another friend of hers for the duration. Though I appreciate having a village of people to back me up, I miss her already.
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2-17-2008 @ 12:42AM
rebecca Biernesser said...Don't worry about it and count your blessing that you have great friends...and when you get better and get home, send them a thank you card and a small gift.
I just spent that last two weeks in Alabama for the death of my grandmama and if it wasn't for friends being here to help my husband out with our three kids, I would have never been about to say goodbye to my Grandmama and spent the last week and a half of her life with her.
I got cards and baked Cakes for everyone that helped. and will return the favor when I can.
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2-17-2008 @ 11:40AM
jane said...I'm with rebecca on this. Count your blessings and just try and "repay" with a hotdish or flowers or a plant or something. One day they might need you to pitch hit. I love my old town and all the "old" people. I'm pretty much the youngest woman in my area and all the little old ladies are dying to help me with anything. It's just what they like to do.
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