Friday Reflection

What a week it's been... eight and a half years of motherhood and I've never faced pink eye or a kid who has been sick quite this long! But, despite the hard, there has been plenty of good!

This week I am thankful for:

• a friend who knows what we are learning about during homeschool and drops a book off that she thinks will help a difficult topic (multiplication) be more fun

• a friend who is willing to go all the way to town to pick up a prescription so I don't have to drag the sick kids through the store to get it

• a friend who brings dinner

• another friend who brings another dinner

• two older daughters who compassionately say, "I wish I could be sick for the baby so she doesn't have to be so miserable."

• two older daughters who tidy up for me and tell me to go rest because they know I'm exhausted

• a husband who had a slow week at work so he called in sick today to help me

• a somewhat clean house, despite illness

• firewood, fires, and rainy days

I could probably go on... but for now, I am signing off.