A Short Visit

Did you know 20 pound babies can puke copious amounts all at once?? Our play date friends were here exactly 45 minutes before they went home. Everything started out fine. L's little boy, P, played with Jr. while we chatted (well actually every time P picked up a toy Jr. would rush over and grab it out of his hands). Then I suggested we feed the kids lunch. We each had our baby in our arms when P had a strange look on his face. He kept smacking his lips like he ate something bad. O Lord, I thought, Please let him not have picked up a piece of rock salt or something and eaten it! L said, "Maybe he's having a poop, sometimes he makes weird faces." The words had just left her mouth when P started throwing up. It shot over L's shoulder onto the table, onto the chair, onto the floor. He just kept throwing up. I didn't think a baby could have so much puke in him and that it could come out with such force and in such great quantities considering his mouth is so small. It was like a geyser! I put Jr. on the floor away from the mess and ran to get a wash cloth so I could at least wash P's face. L just kind of stood there in shock. Then I took P into Jr's room, changed him into the least girliest outfit I could find. He wasn't crying very much, which was surprising. I gave L a shirt to change into. Jr. kept crawling back and forth between her room and the bathroom, completely bewildered. Once L and I had cleaned up the kitchen, L and P went home. And that was that. All within 45 minutes. The timer on the stove went off just after L left, so I fed Jr., ate what I had made and ate a bit of the dessert L had brought.  I hope P is feeling better now. We're supposed to try again next week.

Dear Mr. and Mrs. M's Son,

Is it hard to believe that you lost your wife more than 10 days ago? Or are you hyper aware of every passing minute? I have been thinking of you often since I found out, praying for you. I can only imagine what you're going through and I'm sure it doesn't even come close. I'm sure there is nowhere to be, nothing to be said right now that will ease the pain. I pray that you're getting help or that you will soon. I'm sorry you have to suffer like this. I'm sorry your family was taken from you. Remember that your family and friends love you and that everything they say or do is only done with the best of intentions.

Melissa