Parenting Thought #2- SIckness

Being sick is awful.  Having your children sick is even worse. Being sick and having your kids sick is what our family is going through and keeps getting over and over this season.  I am not sure what is going wrong but we are all sick sick sick.  So as I lay in bed with my stomach aching being kicked by a naked baby in my bed I think about being a parent.  Taking care of someone else, when you feel possibly worse than they do is  a true act of sacrifice.  I thought of my friend M's talk in church yesterday when she said she would do anything to take the hurt or pain away from her son. And that Heavenly Father must have been feeling the same way but to a much more infinite measure when Jesus atoned for our sins. If only we could understand truly how much Heavenly Father must love us to send his Son.   Children help us to be selfless and the more selfless we are the closer to our Heavenly Father we become and the more we will understand our worth. You always hear that we should take time for ourselves, which is true, but that time for ourselves is not what will make us better but the times we give up ourselves.  The more selfless we can be the more character we gain.  And as we hold the bucket for our little ones we gain memories and strength and needed abilities to handle other problems that may come our way. My children help me understand Heavenly Fathers love for me. They help me become a more faithful person and a better person.  Some people can gain this strength without ever having children, they are stronger from the beginning, but for me it's my sick little sweeties that help me realize that I need to forget myself sometimes, and pray that Heavenly Father will take over and heal us all.