just before my kids get sick,

i often realize that i had just been thinking about how especially "pretty" their features look.

their eyes are just a bit brighter....

their cheeks just a bit rosier...

eyelashes darker...

lips a deep shade of red...


which was exactly what i was thinking about leah a couple of nights ago when she woke up crying. i thought maybe it was a tooth busting through {because isn't that what it always is? i seriously looooathe teething} so i got her up to get her a teething tablet.

i kept thinking, wow! she really is a beautiful little girl! look at her coloring! her red lips! her long dark eyelashes!

and just then



she
threw
up
all
over
me.


and i had to unfortunately realize:

that her eyes weren't bright, but glassy

and her cheeks & lips weren't rosy, but flush with a fever.


i guess it's a good thing i'm not a doctor.

because i have a feeling that when my patients would come in to have me diagnose them i would no doubt instead find myself wrapping them in feather boas and putting flowers in their hair to have them pose for pictures.

{of course while idiotically spouting off remarks about their amazing coloring and eyes so bright you could get lost in them.}