Independence Day
I just posted this picture on Instagram. Because I love it. Any time all four of us are in the same picture it makes my heart explode. And everyone smiling? That's a keeper. Of course I want to remember the four of us happy and together on our big relaxing 4 day weekend in the Mountains. The location and the smiles are real but it's not the whole picture. We came back less than 24 hours after we got there because Tagg got sick.
What you can't see is the exhaustion Matthew and I felt after we were up all night with Tagg as he cried and writhed in pain. What you can't see is the worry I was battling as I anxiously awaited a call back from our pediatrician who tried to help diagnose the poor kid via texted pictures from 4 hours away so he could immediately start on antibiotics. What you can't see is the itchy infected rash on his knees (staff infection) or the red bumps on his face (impetigo) or the pulling skin and horrible pain under his armpit (bacterial infection). I admittedly edited those out because he has the right to not have pictures of him looking like that on the internet. Just after this picture was taken we drove to a random Walmart to pick up a prescription before heading back home.
Last night sucked as bad as the night before but at least we slept in our own beds. Well, Tagg was in our bed with me and Matthew was on the couch. We're just trying to keep him comfortable today and monitoring to see if the antibiotics are working. It's raining this morning and Tagg needs to stay in bed. So much for a big time.
I'm not saying any of this to be a debbie downer or to sound dramatically whoa is me. I just want all of you who are sitting at home right now because your kid is sick or you had to work or you couldn't afford to go on vacation right now or the thought of traveling with little kids makes your heart beat too fast or your four year old flat out refused to wear the American Flag smocked dress you bought her or threw a temper tantrum at the neighborhood parade and you wished you had just stayed home or your neighborhood doesn't do a parade and you wish you lived somewhere that did or whatever it is that makes your morning look like an ordinary one today and not a celebration worthy of a magazine spread that you're not alone. You're not the only one thinking is this really it today?
I plan on putting on a pretty blue & white sundress tomorrow evening and drinking a glass of roseÂī on my back deck and lighting some sparklers with Matthew and the kids. It may not be how I pictured but it's going to be ours.
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