What a week !!

Last Friday around 7 pm, my oldest daughter called and told me how sick she was, 100 temp and head throbbing. She, along with her three young children, live about 2 hours from us, in Missouri. She was wanting mommy, and since I couldn't just run over, I told her all the things to do to hopefully get her to feeling better. She says she is out of my elderberry syrup, so this is one thing we will have to work around. I also told her, that if she needed me, I would drive down on Sat (and avoiding telling her that little sister had prom Sat, knowing this would mean oldest would say she did not need mom !) Anyway, oldest boyfriend took care of her Friday night and escorted to help with T ball practice on Sat morning. She called to say her ex had the 2 oldest girls, so she was going to take a nap. I sighed a simple thank you prayer and continued my day.

Oh what was my day? I was handing out plants to friends and students that had requested them, then assisting my 15 yr old to dress for homeschool prom. This was wild and hectic, especially during the last hour, because of her concerns that everything had to be just right ! Normal behavior, I think?? We then delivered her first to dinner, then picked her up and took her to the 2nd location for the dance, ah the life of parent of a non driving teen!!

So, during the back and forth with daughters, I managed dinner and a quiet evening at home with hubby.

Sunday morning I call oldest to check on her, and she is still feeling terrible, and needing some help. So we pack up (15 yr old and I, hubby must work next day) and head to MO .

We spent the next 2 1/2 days taking care of oldest daughter and kids. All 3 kids had throat and ear infections, the oldest, probably a sinus infection. I handed out lots of elderberry flu meds, tylenol and hugs !!

We came home on Tuesday evening, and I spent a couple of days recovering and playing in the garden.

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Brooklyn, 6; Reannon 4; Nathan 2; Britt 15 (self portrait)