Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for March 22, 2011
Transcript:
Val: HOLLY? Are you sick? Holly: I threw up! Val: Poor baby. Do you have a fever? Holly: I don't know. My head hurts. Gramma Evie: There's a nasty bug going around. Val: Oh, goody. Everybody wash your hands. Alix: ! BARRACK Gramma Evie: Too late. Val: ALIX?!
Having raised 4 kids who were very close in age (my X prevented all my attempts of birth control) I can totally relate to this with all the repercussions of missing work and taking my sick days to nurse the kids.