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When Mommy Needs a Sick Day By Gayle Cunningham
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“Ah excuse me Sir, I am going to have to take a sick day tomorrow…”
his excerpt from the most recent NyQuil advertisement makes me laugh out loud every single time. If only I could look at my children and say “Uhmmm… I won’t be in today; I am sick.” Anyone with children knows that there is never a down day when children are involved. Quite frankly it
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is not in our job description to ever, ever get sick. I have a few Mummy friends who, with the raging fever of Dengue or the swollen limbs, aches, pains and nausea of Chikungunya, jumped into their cars and dropped off their children to school and back. I wanted to give them a medal. Over the years I have had my fair share of illness. Some minor and some which literally felt like I was hit in the head with a hammer while walking into a bus. This year alone was horrid. My dog bit my hand while I
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