The long night

Today was spent comforting and cuddling my oldest daughter who has gotten the same stomach upsets her sister struggled with a few days ago.  It was a long night, full of much discomfort and distress, for both my darling daughter and mommy and daddy.  Having a sick child is stressful and at night it seems all the worse.  As a result of the lack of sleep or dare I say the beginning of mommy and daddy getting sick, we are all feeling not ourselves today.

I was thankful during all this that my husband and I worked as a team, taking turns doing what needed to be done and working together to try to make our oldest feel as comforted and soothed as possible.  So many times during parenting it is easy to blame one another and get disconnected.  Without words we seemed to work in harmony and support each other to get through the night.  So today I am thankful for partnership and most of all the love that binds us all together (and also that my hubby did all the laundry!).