A Public Letter of Apology
Dear Hubby,
As it turns out, you are not such big faker! For years now I’ve thought that you, hmmm how should I put it? complain unnecessarily put on quite a theatrical performance each and every time you get sick. You shiver, and shake. You complain of being cold, then hot. You stay in bed, dead to the world for three days at a time. You stop short of ringing a bell for me to tend to your needs. (Thank goodness for the intercom system our phones came equipped with. It’s a beep I get, not a bell!) And all this time I thought it was an act!
Yesterday and today I have slowly come to the realization that maybe, just maybe you’re not such a big faker. As I watched BC shiver uncontrollably yesterday, and again today, then immediately spike a high fever; it dawned on me that for all these years your complaints might actually have been warranted.
So, for the record, I’m sorry. I’m sorry for calling you a baby believing you weren’t as sick as maybe you really were and rolling my eyes being a bit frustrated when you called me on the intercom to bring you a cool, moist washcloth. As it turns out you were, in fact, sick! Who knew?
Now, if only mom’s had the luxury of shutting down completely when sickness consume our bodies.… But that’s neither here nor there. What’s important is, thanks to your son, I now believe you. 
With love,
Smiling Mom
lady macleod said,
May 24, 2007 @ 6:02 am
I am sorry to hear your son is ill. I don’t know, I think the less serious a disease or injury the louder a male voices his discomfort. When you really worry is when they wince quietly. Very kind of you to give him the benefit of the doubt.
Smiling Mom said,
May 24, 2007 @ 6:34 am
So true!
Lady M said,
May 24, 2007 @ 9:40 am
Poor babies, the little one and the big one! People really react so differently to illness, don’t they?
Shauna said,
May 24, 2007 @ 4:12 pm
Hilarious!
But I’m sorry to hear you’ve got sick ones (big and little) in your house.
Hubby said,
May 24, 2007 @ 7:59 pm
You are forgiven…