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| My daughter when little had to have breathing treatments because of RSV. |
God’s Love is Like a Mother’s Love. God said in Isaiah 66:13, “As a mother comforts her children, so will I comfort you.”
My daughter can’t sleep tonight because of a chronic cough that has her throat raw and sore. It looks like tomorrow will be another trip to the doctor. She had an ear ache earlier this week that the doctor diagnosed as an ear infection at 11. The doctor blamed allergies. Antibiotics and Singular were the prescriptions given. Now I wait through the night cringing with each cough wishing I could take the discomfort away. We have all had these nights as mothers.
The love a mother has for a child is like sweet whispers in the soul. You cherish everything when they are infants and hug them so close. You smell their scents like a drug addict. You can’t get enough; your love pounds in your chest.
The sweet whispers of love never diminish even as they grow older.
You see them through the years with every glance. A quick rewind: the baby reaching for you; the toddler running down the hall; the little girl asking 20 million questions. The tween wanting to know if she can spend the night with a friend.
This is my length of my journey to date, but I can imagine the times to come. The young tween starting middle school; giggling with friends about the boys. Then high school with the make up and the dances, proms, and academics. My daughter will play softball and sing for the school choir. She loves performing; so I see her acting in the drama club.
What if we home school her? So many decisions? So many possibilities for a future.
She coughed again, but she seems to be settling. Maybe the cough medicine has quieted her cough for the evening? I will take her to the doctor tomorrow and see about treatments again. She may need more Albuterol. I don’t hear the telltale wheeze though. I thought she had grown out of the RSV which caused her wheezing.
So many decisions. I have to get her through this one illness and then on to the next problem or issue facing her life. I will strive to remember each day, however, that the little problems or inconvenient issues will never drown out the sweet whispers that permeate the home with love.
This story was written for Two Shoes Tuesday
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I understand the battle of a child with a sickness that will not go away and seems to be getting worse. Our daughter in her teens battled with Chrones Disease and almost died, but with drugs and treatments she recently celebrated her 61st birthday. Now the drugs have done a number on her liver and she needs a donor. The doctors tell us that we are too old to offer half, and she is seeking alternative moves perhaps a move to Tennessee where the surgery is done more often. Oh our bodies are so fragil but God carrys us through another day to serve him. Thank you for sharing your beautiful post with us here at “Tell Me a Story.”
I feel like I am reading my own thoughts. My son has had parainfluenza, RSV, an ear infection, and a sinus infection all since Oct 20th. I wished a million times I could take away his sickness even if it meant being sick myself. What is ironic though is the day he started to feel better, I got sick.
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It is said that a mother is only as happy as her saddest child, and I know that to be true. When your little one is sick, it breaks your heart and you would gladly take it on yourself instead it that were possible. The love of a mother for her child is sweet indeed, and with children now in their late 30’s I can attest that it never changes, and you never worry less, no matter how old they are! The years just give you more wonderful memories to replay! You will love watching it unfold!
I hope your daughter does outgrow the allergies, as many do. I also hope you and she are always close.
Sorry your daughter’s sick but children are a blessing. After all we were both kids once and we will always be our parents children no matter how old we get. Hope she gets well soon.
How well you describe the anxiety of a parent as they cope with their children’s ailments. They are so precious, so full of love that you would do anything to help them. My heart breaks for those children without this love.