Surviving Thanksgiving

Thriving at Dance

This year both of my babies got Hand Foot Mouth Disease for Thanksgiving. Do you know what that is? It’s disgusting and I’d never heard of it before my boys came down with it. First you get a fever. Then come the red spots. Then the red spots go from being little itchy pock marks to painful blisters all over the body- especially on the hands, feet, inside the mouth, and around the genitals. Our 9-month-old looked like he had genital herpes and our nanny said, “It should be called hand, foot, mouth, and genitals disease.” I guess that name is too long.

Now both teachers at our older son’s preschool have it, so school is closed today. This means that I have very little time to write or to do anything for that matter. So let’s get down to the heart of the matter and keep it brief but deep. You ready? A lot came up for me this week watching my super healthy beautiful joyful Buddha babies get sick and need so much comfort from me. The illness began with a 24-hour fever and both bo…