The things we do for our children!

What is the craziest thing you have ever done for your child? or children?  I have not had too many moments in my life where I think to myself, I would totally NOT being doing this if I wasn't a Momma! However, yesterday was one of those days where I feel like I earned a place in the Motherhood Hall of Fame. 

Yesterday started out like any normal day for me.  I had a meeting early in the morning and then had to swing by the store to get cookies for Riley's birthday celebration at school.  I started to get a headache in my meeting. No big deal, right? WRONG.  It started as a dull ache and quickly turned in to a full blown Migraine.  Still I thought no big deal. I have time to take some medicine and lay down for a little while before I have to be at school.

 That's when the nausea started.  Very few times have I ever been in so much pain that it made me physically ill.  But as time went by and I had no relief from the migraine, I began to get a little worried.  I had to show up at school with everything I had promised to deliver for Riley.  She was expecting it.  She was depending on me.  Letting her down was not an option.

So I drag myself get out of bed and decide to take a stronger dose of a different migraine medication.  This is where bad goes to worse.  As I am driving to school, I am in so much pain that as I am stopped at the red light I get sick.  So glad I had a lot of plastic bags handy in the front seat! (TMI, I know but it's relevant)  So I do what everyone does when they are sick regardless of age, I called my Momma!  I admit I was on the verge of tears.  I needed something, anything to get rid of this pain and I knew my Momma would know what to do. All the best ones do right?

And she did. She told me what I needed to take to get rid of the horrible Migraine.  She also told me that I had to just deal with it and get to the school.  Mother's don't get sick days.  They also don't have the luxury of their 4 turning 5 yr old understanding why they couldn't come to school to celebrate their birthday.  I figured as long as I didn't eat or drink anything and kept my sunglasses on, I might could survive.

And I did.  She has the most fabulous teachers this year.  They rescued me when I arrived clearly a bit shy of fabulous.  Riley was none the wiser.  And I didn't die.  I admit for a minute there, I thought it was a possibility.  And all the kids enjoyed their cookies and had a great time.

I write all this to say, I learned a few lessons on Motherhood yesterday. The most important being the sacrifices my mother made.  She has suffered from chronic Migraines my whole life.  I do not know how she did it and so gracefully.  And growing up I was just like Riley, blissfully unaware.  I am oh so thankful for every sacrifice she made and all the things she did in pain for us.  Oh the things we do for our children...

I would love to hear your less than fabulous motherhood lessons!  Be sure to leave a comment and share.

Stay Fabulous,