Different roles...

It never ceases to amaze me, some of the roles that we as moms do each and every day. Today alone I was: Refer, Driver, cook, negoatior, nurse,teacher, sounding board, dictator & comforter.

I don't know about other moms, but sometimes it's so exhausting to be all of these roles, and sometimes it hurts to be so tough, when all you want to do, is be the soft place for your children to fall, each and every night. And not be the "meany". Cyril told me I was a "mean" mom tonight...I know why he said it, but it still hurt.

Cyril has been battling this wart on his little toe for months. Both my mom and Jessie have been getting frustrated with me, because I've been using my natural salve on it, refusing to bring him in to have it "burned" off by the doctor. They got mad because I did the same thing when Dawn got a plantar's wart on her foot. I told them over and over this was better because it gets to the root of the wart, unlike burning it off just treats the top. Think of an iceberg(wart). You only ever see the part that sticks out of the water(skin), but you never know how big the iceberg (wart) is underneath the water. This salve treats the entire wart down to the wart, kills it off and it doesn't grow back in that same spot again, unlike burning it - it can still come back in that very same spot.

Well removing it, can be tricky, remove it to early, and the root is left behind. Where it is on Cyril's foot it's a tricky spot, right on top of his pinky toe, so everything rubs on it. We had finally gotten it to the point where it was getting ready to "die". He put his boots on the wrong feet, it rub the wart the wrong way and it started bleeding. Cyril was so upset. So we got him home, cleaned it up. About to put a band-aid on it, when his pj's got it started again. SO I had to remove it, in order for the bleeding to stop and start healing without getting irritated. I felt horrible, because I needed Dawn to help hold him, so I could remove it. He was scared by the blood & I think he thought it was going to hurt to remove it. Now it's gone, and I can just be the comforter, instead of the nurse tonight. Hopefully we have gotten it all, if not I'll do the salve again, but I think we did. And in about a month, you'll never know that it was there. It's a great salve. (removes warts, moles and skin tags - love this product!)

I think it's time for us to share a bowl of icecream and chocolate syrup, to "comfort" the both of us.

God Bless,
Carlena