Sicky Sick Sick

In the Chavez household, there are currently two sick residents. I'll give you three guesses as to who they are and what kind of sickness they have.

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Did you guess that it was Stacia sick with scarlet fever, and Juan sick with smallpox? If so, you are a bad guesser.

Both Qiana and Siena are sick with horrible colds and have been since Thursday night around 4:oo a.m. The poor things are coughing up lungs and sneezing snot rockets like I've never seen before! I wish I could make them better like Mary Poppins, but alas, the spoonfuls of sugar I gave them didn't do much good. They are going to be making a slow recovery it seems, and they will have to be quarantined the next 48 hours or so.

Luckily Juan and I have not caught the virus, and good thing because today was a day of church that neither of us could miss. I had to give a talk, play the organ, lead and play piano for Sharing Time in Primary (which is pretty much impossible, I've come to realize;) and Juan had to be there to conduct Sacrament Meeting, confirm a new member, take care of the tithing, and simply BE there to welcome and familiarize the new Second Counselor of the branch with how things are run there. It was going to be a crazy day, to say the least, considering that we were going to try to shuffle our schedules so one of us could take the girls home after Sacrament Meeting.

Oh, but the Lord blessed us with a tender mercy.

When the girls and I arrived at the church building, we discovered that the heater was broken and that the frigid 56 degree air was not going to get warmer any time soon. A few space heaters were brought in from members who lived nearby and it was decided that only Sacrament Meeting would be held. They were kind enough to position a space heater near our girls, who had been sequestered in the back of the room, so luckily Nena and Qiqi weren't affected much by the cold air. And besides a couple of times when Qiana got away from Kurt (who, with Amber, kindly watches them while I'm at the organ,) and played the super high notes on the keyboard, the meeting went on without too many distractions.

Yes, Juan and I were saved by a broken heater from an extremely hectic day at church. When we got home, all of us were able to relax and enjoy the rest of Sunday. I think that's what Heavenly Father wanted for us on this day of rest.