Agh…why is it that “The Sickies” always seem to make their visits during inopportune moments.  I mean, as a Momma there really aren’t good days for “The Sickies” to show their ugly faces…but there definitely are days when there isn’t so much going on.  And it seems like they never really leave…they just move from person to person to taunt and torture the whole family. Again and again and again…see where I’m going with this?

My little family has been fighting the Sniffles, the Stuffies, the Coughs and the Exhaustions since the beginning of the year.  Fighting and fighting and trying to pull out all of the stops to get the battles…and ultimately the war… to come to an end.  END ALREADY!

It seems that every time we finally get everyone in perky shape again, someone comes home with a few of the Sniffles…and then they invite their friends the Stuffies and the Coughs to join the party.  Why they think that inviting more “people” to the party is alright, just baffles me…I hate uninvited guests!  Especially when it means that I have to run out to the store at 10:00 at night to get more resources to serve them. (cough syrup, Tylenol, Motrin, etc.) 

Just when I think that I’m going to get control of the runaway circumstance…another member of my family gets sick too.  Usually it will start with my Charming, then Grace, then Rose and finally me.  And usually by the time it hits me, it is so infuriating to me because I know that the only reason it finally hits me is because I have had a serious lack of sleep taking care of or listening to my family for X number of nights while they battle their infirmities.

Thank God for lemons!!!  I love lemons when I’m sick…Grace doesn’t, but the rest of us depend on them to help us through these battles we fight.  That and clover honey…gotta have the clover honey.  Combine the two and you have a wonderful natural weapon to battle the Sickies with…tons of vitamin C  from the lemons and antibiotics from the honey really do a good job at helping us muster-up our ability to fight, fight, fight.  I highly suggest trying Hot Honey Lemonade when a cold tries to settle in.

Ah well, just another day being a “Momma” I guess.