Cold Prose

As I battle on through this miserable cold

hacking and coughing and wheezing and sniffling

I fondly recall ...

As I wake up early to dress 4 children and head in to school,
Christmas concerts and parties,
church,

through the stores to get groceries and gifts,  

doing laundry and cleaning and chores,

nursing the baby through the day and night,
and continually trying to remember to take my doses of Robitussin and/or Mucinex

I fondly recall ...

....

before I was a wife

before I was a mother

before I was a grownup

...

I fondly recall the days

when I would have horrible colds

much like this one

The days when I could lay in bed 

and sleep for hours 

and sometimes even days

 until the cold was gone and I could wake up healthy and refreshed.

Yup.

Those were the days.






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