Are We There Yet?
Whenever life hands her a rough patch, a good friend of mine always says, “It’s a season–and there will be a better one soon.” The last month and a half have been long and difficult. This past weekend is a great example. Nothing happened with our house (thank goodness) and nothing happened with the car (since we’d just had the rear windshield replaced after vandals shattered it), but it seems that this time the horrible season of winter decided to attack our health…AGAIN. Preston was super-sick with a sinus infection (he’s really only just recovered from a horrible one before Christmas), Ella had the stomach flu (of which I’m deathly afraid), and Audrey just received her antibiotics for her fourth (yes, her FOURTH) ear infection in three months. Thank goodness we have a fantastic pediatrician who makes house calls:). I’m the only healthy one standing at this point, although my mental health is definitely in question now. I think we all need a little spring. Therefore, I defy the groundhog, and as one of my students said, “I choose to follow the bears.” It really makes no sense to me, but it did make me laugh, and laughter is the best rebuttal to a horrible “season.” Good thing the Burts have laughter to go around.
Preston @ February 3, 2010