Abe here. Lily and the kids are sleeping. Perhaps I should be sleeping as well, but I’m enjoying some quiet time, which is something I mostly find on Sunday nights. I love it.
Yesterday, I was proclaiming my gratitude and joy over the fact that no one in our family has gotten significantly sick since February of last year. Now, one day later, literally everyone in the house is sick except for me. Haha, the timing is incredible!
I first want to mention that Lily wrote a beautiful blog post called, “Why I Stay” and it was published in the By Common Consent blog. Here is link. Check it out!
I don’t have any pictures of today, but I do want to report a funny anecdote about Ammon. Lily told me this weekend that this week he was running all around the house like a superhero (naked I’m sure) and wearing his cape. Then Lily heard a “thud” and Ammon came crying. He tearfully explained that he hurt himself while jumping (off of what I’m not sure), and then followed up with the comment, “I no fly”. It appeared that Ammon was crying both at his physical pain, as well as his first realization that he cannot actually fly. Reflecting back to other injuries Ammon has sustained (falling from the tree etc) I think a lot could be explained if this whole time he has believed that he could fly…..:)
Church was wonderful, but I was whiped out all day. I couldn’t sleep until 2:30 AM Friday night, and Lily also pinched a nerve at 4:00 AM while sleeping and needed help, and then Saturday during the day, I finished the Old Testament (5 year journey!) instead of napping, so I was a bit of a mess today. Lily was unbelievably loving and affirming to me today, assuring me that our kids were very lucky to have me, even if I was grumpy towards them and had a short fuse today. I’m sorry about today kids!
I started to feel better when we all did a puzzle together (sans the babies) and things were quiet, clean and calm.