All Right Stop Collaborate and Listen!

Life Lesson June 15th: All Right Stop Collaborate and Listen!

YES - I am a child of the 80's! And thanks to the show GLEE my children have fallen in love with this song. But on a serious note, this line of the song rang true in my life yesterday.

You see, Sunday night Kade started running a fever of 102.5 so I contacted my boss and let him know that I wouldn't be into work on Monday. As much as I didn't like my son being ill, I was actually looking forward to having the day off to get things caught up around the house as we had been gone most of the weekend and had a VERY busy week ahead of us getting ready for our whirlwind vacation week. Well all of that changed around 9pm....Kade was fever free...yet I wasn't feeling good so I went to bed...only to awake a few hours later with the STOMACH FLU!

YIKES...I didn't have time for this was my immediate thought yet was quickly reminded to STOP COLLABORATE AND LISTEN. Thankfully my girls are old enough to help with their brother as Mike had a full day at work that he couldn't miss. My parents brought me 7UP and crackers on their way to work and made sure the kids were getting breakfast. As I lay quarantined in my room feeling like I was going to die, I was forced to STOP. My girls began to COLLABORATE on how they could entertain their brother quietly so I could rest and also help me get the laundry done and they did a fabulous job. And I was forced to LISTEN.....to the sounds of my children....discussing our upcoming trip to the lake, Disneyland, Iowa, and church camp.....dancing and singing to the GLEE soundtrack that they found on youtube....the girls being so silly that they had Kade laughing uncontrollably.....Kade racing himself or an imaginary friend around the house with the shout of "Ready Set Go" to start the race. And in the midst of all of this I realized that although our vacation week will be nonstop that we need every second of it together away from the demands of our normal daily life. I can't wait to LISTEN and soak up the MEMORIES in our crazy vacation week!