It's great to be home! We had a challenging drive home; however. Tank's stomach flu came back and we had throw-up and diarrhea everywhere. It's a trick to clean it up in the van. Not so fun. But still it is so much easier than the pioneers had it when they were sick. We were warm. We had Clorox wipes, baby wipes, tons of hand sanitizer, paper towels, garbage bags, extra clothes, and great kids that helped Jaremy and I take care of messes and Adelynn while we tried to clean up. We had practice in not freaking out. I just reminded myself when I faced a carseat full of diarrhea, Tank and Adelynn crying, and Ella insisting she needed to go "number two" right now that things would be better in 20 minutes. And sure enough. After 20 minutes the disgusting mess was cleaned up, Adelynn was nursing, Ella was in a rest stop, and Tank's tummy was feeling better. I lost my cool for a moment a couple of times, but Heavenly Father helped me feel love and compassion instead of panic. He helped me keep things in perspective. He helped remind me this less than ideal situation could turn into a positive one where my kids felt my love and concern. He also helped remind me it wasn't that big of a deal. So what if we spent an hour or two of the five-day trip dealing with unpleasantries. I was grateful I wasn't sick too, because it is extremely hard to take care of the sick when you are sick yourself. We had an amazing vacation. We were blessed with supplies to handle the situation. We have great kids who are blessed with overall health and strength. I'm grateful we had the stomach flu. It gives us the opportunity to show love and compassion. It gives us the opportunity to focus on all the wonderful blessings we have. It helps us remember how nice it is to be healthy and not take it for granted.
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