More time indoors? Could be worse.

Here in our part of the world we are looking into our fourth iced in day in a row. I haven't been out of the house since noon on Thursday. That's a whole lot of indoor time with a toddler who loves to be on the go. A lot of toys. A lot of stories. A lot of Disney movies. And yet even though there are moments where I feel restless at the end of each day I am so thankful for each of the moments I get with my sweet baby, who is really much more of a kid than a baby now.

Saturday night was a hard one in our home. First we got a call that our pastor's daughter, Emily was in a sledding accident. Thankfully she is doing better now, but at the time we got the text saying she was hurt we didn't know what her condition would be. We love Emily and imagining her hurt, imagining the struggle of her parents to get to the hospital late on an icy night, was sad. Right after we finished praying for her healing we heard Eva cry out in her room.

I will spare all the details and instead just say that Eva was really sick Saturday night. I don't normally do well around sick people but when it's your own child things are different. It broke my heart to see her so scared and sad and shaking. As I sat in her bed with her trying to calm her down to sleep I just kept praying for her and for Emily. I kept thinking about how I'm sure Emily's mom still sees her in part as the little sleeping baby she used to be, especially when she is hurting. I thanked God repeatedly for the fact that I was simply calming down my sick girl in her own bed in our warm home and not at a hospital.

On Sunday Eva's fever rose and I called an the after hours line for our pediatrician. We figured out that Eva probably has the flu. Seeing her look so sad and listless on Sunday afternoon was really hard. I would never wish that any little kid would be sick. Kids are supposed to be running around driving their parents crazy on snow days, not lying pitifully on the couch.

By bedtime she seemed to be doing better, her fever was down, and she was able to be her toddler self a bit more. I know that with a fever, and possibly the flu, on our hands I'm looking at a couple more days of being stuck inside. I'm hoping to just keep the perspective that it's always good to have time with my girl. I'm so incredibly blessed to be her mama and to be the one she calls out for when she needs something. I'm blessed to be the one who knows how to care for her best. I'm even blessed to have the time to sit and watch more Disney movies.