{"id":18275,"date":"2013-11-01T14:27:51","date_gmt":"2013-11-01T22:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/?p=18275"},"modified":"2015-03-31T14:56:34","modified_gmt":"2015-03-31T22:56:34","slug":"halloween-lemonade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/?p=18275","title":{"rendered":"Halloween lemonade"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the second year<\/a> in a row, Zoe was sick for Halloween. I picked her up from school the afternoon before and knew right away. She was slumped over in a chair, waiting for me and looking white as a ghost. My stomach sank.<\/p>\n

I had taken off work for Halloween and was looking forward to\u00c2\u00a0the day. I had a lot of work to get done around the house \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and after\u00c2\u00a0doing my chores\u00c2\u00a0I was going to surprise Avery by taking her to a pumpkin patch she had been asking to go to. After we picked up Zoe from school, I thought I might take the girls trick-or-treating at the stores on West Portal Ave. before it got dark, too.<\/p>\n

All that went out on the window when I saw Zoe\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s face that afternoon and found out the next morning that – sure enough – she had strep again. I was disappointed that our plans for the day were ruined \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and worried about our plans for the evening \u00e2\u20ac\u201c but then something happened. The two of us just hung out, having quiet time, and I found myself really enjoying it and forgetting about being upset.<\/p>\n

I snuggled next to Zoe while we played puzzles on my iPad together, she read to me while I organized my closet, I helped her do her homework (a book review of “The Monster at the End of This Book”)… At one point I told her, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I really like spending time with you, Zoe,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and she said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I like spending time with you, too, Mommy.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d So though she didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t feel well (which stunk) and though we couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t do the fun stuff I had planned (which also stunk), it was really nice just being<\/em> with her.<\/p>\n

I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not known for turning lemons into lemonade \u00e2\u20ac\u201c but in this case, the lemonade was made for me!<\/p>\n

-M<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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