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Both Kids. Home Sick.

His eyes turn red, you lean in to check him, and he sneezes in your face.

It’s easy to be so fixated on one specific victory that we miss all the other ones happening around us.

I was there yesterday. I will be there tomorrow.

The best I can do is come storming back down the hallway mumbling about, “Freakin’ socks and this house.”

This wasn’t home and no other parents were doing it. That’s what makes it “embarrassing.”

What followed was a barrage of sad heart emojis mixed with the occasional, “Stay Strong, Mama”.

There are some days when I am in awe of his nerve.

I guess the house ate them.

It’s our favorite trip. Other people might not get it, but we do.

It’s everyone’s chance to remember, even if you don’t want to.