Singlehandedly

My 10-year-old son stayed home sick today with a migraine. This situation is really tough for a single working mom, and I did not handle it very well. "What do you mean you are sick? Are you sure? I have meetings today; try and get up." Poor little guy -- turns out he really was sick. Not surprisingly I was able to rearrange and reschedule most of my meetings. And I planned on working from home on other projects. But after almost two hours of trying, with tech support from work, I could not get my computer to function. So I relaxed at home -- my son's sick day turned out to be a luxury for me. I apologized profusely to him for not handling myself well -- and silently thanked him for my gift of time.

posted by Terri @ 9:07 PM