Stay

On Thursday morning, I was in the shower rushing to get out of the house. I had a stats test that morning. Liam had been up all night barfing his brains out, so that meant Chris and I had been up all night. I tried to sleep on the couch with the fantasy of getting more rest, but I was still exhausted when I got up. None of us were completely over the flu/cold that we had cooperatively shared with each other.

As I pulled the shower curtain open to grab my towell, Liam was standing in the doorway, and quietly said, "Mommy, stay."

ARGH - this is such a tough part of working my tail off and not seeing my kids as much as I want to - Chris was able to stay with Liam, of course, but I can't shake off that parental guilt....