Fever Again

Myles slept in late this morning; very unusual for one of my boys to do. Finally, it was the latest time I could wake him up and still get him ready for school on time. He didn’t want to get up but finally climbed down his ladder from the top bunk. We all gathered in the family room for scripture and prayer. I thought Myles would be excited because today we started his favorite scriptural book: The Book of Enos. He loves the story about Enos praying such an extensive amount of time. The boys and I had a sweet discussion about the remission of sins and guilt being swept away. Tomorrow we’ll read and discuss praying for others and loving our enemies (as Ron predicted). But even though Myles commented, he laid down on a cushion the whole time, looking flushed—and not very excited.

He said he was sick so I told him to get back in his bed. He didn’t want to move so I picked him up—he was burning up! After finding a temperature of 103, I gave him some Ibuprofen, made a bed for him on the couch, and uncovered his feet. I wished I had someone to take Ron to school. But no one around us goes to their charter school.

I had set up for him to play at his friend’s house today after school. Then we were going to go to the Tree House Museum for our Family Home Evening activity tonight. Sickness sure puts a damper on plans. But it’s also a nice time to take it easy and watch movies together, cuddled on my bed.

We’ve had a lot of time to practice being sick since we moved to Willard. All the children just got over having croup for the last 2 weeks. I hope it’s not starting all over again. But if it is, I’ll make some warm tea and continue cuddling.