{"id":515,"date":"2010-01-04T03:05:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-04T03:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/?p=515"},"modified":"2010-01-04T03:05:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-04T03:05:00","slug":"brothers-sick-days-and-dishes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/?p=515","title":{"rendered":"Brothers, Sick Days and Dishes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_It9KDpK7ADM\/S0Fbs-330xI\/AAAAAAAAGAg\/GdK0bS7lOdU\/s1600-h\/DSC06007.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_It9KDpK7ADM\/S0Fbs-330xI\/AAAAAAAAGAg\/GdK0bS7lOdU\/s400\/DSC06007.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422716254680503058\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>(My brother&#8217;s daughter and I snuggling to keep warm at the rink!)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>So I accomplished a goal of mine and got myself and the older kids out skating!  I realised right away it has been a long time and I am really rusty at it!  I also had a great deal of fun with my kids and my brother&#8217;s family.  Jesse is my youngest brother, a great guy.  I know this might sound silly but I really really love my brothers! The picture below will probably be a favorite of mine for life!  <a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_It9KDpK7ADM\/S0FcrwUUEhI\/AAAAAAAAGAo\/8xELXn5x2N8\/s1600-h\/DSC06016.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_It9KDpK7ADM\/S0FcrwUUEhI\/AAAAAAAAGAo\/8xELXn5x2N8\/s400\/DSC06016.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422717333105021458\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>I don&#8217;t have a lot of pictures of my brothers and I as adults together&#8230; we don&#8217;t spend  a lot of time together&#8230; I know I am largely at fault for that since I am so easily overwhelmed by life I tend to miss out on chances to be with them.<\/p>\n<p>A couple days feelings of disconnect had settled heavily over my heart&#8230; disconnect from people and specifically fellowship&#8230; I know I do it to myself&#8230; My first reaction to any stress is to bury myself away&#8230; anyhow for some reason my brothers came into my head and I remembered my mom talking me to me years ago about what a connection you have to your brothers no matter what&#8230; you are SO connected&#8230; I get it&#8230; It made me happy to think about them&#8230; They are both very different men with different families of their own but they are both so worthy of respect and they make me proud.<\/p>\n<p>I am feeling really ill today and hope it will not last long&#8230; I hate being sick, things get so out of sorts in a home when the wife is sick&#8230; <\/p>\n<p>Little Woman was trying to cheer me up about being under the weather and she said &#8216;When you are all better you can do dishes with me!&#8217;  To her dishes are a time to visit with Mommy, one on one, and to feel like a big girl&#8230; to me&#8230; well I looked over at the mountain of dirty dishes and just felt impending doom&#8230; Dishes just don&#8217;t cheer up this sick mommy like they do my Little Woman. <\/p>\n<p>My chicken noodle soup is almost ready, I skipped supper but I am trying to not go to bed without protein.  Is there protein in chicken noodle soup?  Ahhhh well, I am going to bed early and will dream about dish washing machines again&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>TTFN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(My brother&#8217;s daughter and I snuggling to keep warm at the rink!) So I accomplished a goal of mine and got myself and the older kids out skating! I realised right away it has been a long time and I am really rusty at it! 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