Lately

  This month has been a bit of a gong show for me. I was hoping to feel something different. I think I was hoping to feel peace or less stress. However that did not happen. My children have been sick on and off all Summer but we got a flue that was intense! I felt like my heart was pounding out of my chest trying to keep up with everything. Laundry, cleaning up body fluids, keeping children hydrated, it was just the thing nightmares are made of. The illness kept attacking me. I fought it off about four times. One night I sat up for hours through the night telling my body I WOULD NOT give in. I just really actually could not. It was so vicious and my children were so sick I could not join them.

With that being said. I wanted to share something to do if someone in your family contacts the flue. First of all with every interaction with them wash your hands with soap. Secondly, take activated charcoal pills every few hours with purple grape juice. If you feel even the least bit nauseous take a Gravol pill. Do this for as many days as necessary. Also, a great hydrating drink is water, fresh squeezed lemon, salt, a bit of liquid magnesium and some type of sweetner. Every time my child vomited I would give them an ice cube to suck on and that helped a lot. Anyway, it was a rough week and a half. 

As soon as everyone recovered we had a party to host and then a trip to go on. When we got home from the trip there was another party to host. During these happenings, there was much joy and beauty but at the same time, the core of me was full of anxiety.

So here I am. I feel like I can hardly keep my head up. But I must

And so onwards I go as homeschool begins so soon!

I hope your August has held much delight and beauty!

Mine has, it really has. It just also held a lot of vomit!

~Tansy