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Jul 07 2008

Off Sick

Published by sirenavs at 11:35 am under That Parent Place General

Hi Everyone,

I just wanted to touch base and apologize for the lack of posts over the last week. I have been off with a horrible stomach flu. Thankfully it is over and also thankfully, my husband was able to take a few days off while I was disposed.

There is nothing worse than being sick and it really has nothing to do with any of the feelings involved. Usually for me, it is the lack of being able to do anything, from taking care of the kids to working to just being able to eat a cracker. I hate the feeling of helplessness and of not being there 100% for my kids.

Being sick really got me thinking about parents in general and single parents specifically. I know that not everyone has the ability to take time off work if their spouse is sick and not everyone has a spouse or close family members that can. This leaves them with a pretty difficult situation and being sick is something that they can’t afford.

As I already mentioned, I am really lucky that my husband could take time off for me but I am aware that not everyone else has that luxury. So even though I am writing a post explaining my disappearance, I would like to take a moment and commend single parents.

This isn’t to say that I don’t think it is difficult being a parent regardless of if you are one, two or a whole community but I’m not sure what I would have done if my husband was not there to take care of the kids while I was sick. We sometimes forget that as hard as parenting can be with two parents, it can be much harder with just one.

So that is my little musing for today. I will be back tomorrow with more posts and everyone gets the added bonus of having me post on weekends for the next several weeks so I can get caught up with posts.

Have a great day and hopefully you won’t get sick like I did.

Sirena Van Schaik

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