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in a different era . . . or part of the world |
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Written by Mary Beth
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Saturday, February 06, 2010 |
A thought crossed my mind. If my family was living in an era gone by or in a different part of the world today this past week would have been scary.
We have a warm home, a humidifier, fresh water, and healthy food. All of those things, by God's grace, have aided in our fight with fevers and coughs.
I've pretty much been in bed since Tuesday. Our three year old (Baby Blue) has spent much of her time next to me. The others have done pretty well and thankfully Tex (or Frodo Gandalf as Jill likes to call him) has been a trooper (recently being the recipient of a humidified room . . . he made it to almost a year old before getting something this nasty).
When I think back at this week I am thankful to God for the day and age we live in and our location. I think about "Pride and Prejudice"-type-times and how this would have been so frightening and quite possibly a week of mourning as I'm not sure how a family with 5 small children in the home (or their mother struggling with her asthma in the midst of her own illness) would have managed to keep them all from being at death's door. Same as in other parts of our present day world. Places where no clean water is even available much less food or the know-how to nurse an illness.
I am humbled.
-it's blahg! mb
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