Well, I knew it was coming. One of my fears was realized yesterday

I’m a single mother of a school-aged child. I am somewhat estranged from my family, so it’s just us.I feared there would come a day that I would get sick and I wouldn’t be able to take care of my kid. That day was yesterday. I came down with the flu.I managed to get kid to school. I managed to pick kid up. It sucked but I did it.What I did not expect was how much of a helper my kid would be...All this time I was afraid that I would fail my kid. I was afraid that something like this would highlight how alone we are, and how much of a struggle it can be to do it by yourself.But I’ve realized that we’re okay. It hasn’t been the best couple days, but we’re making it. And I’m blessed to have my kid.Honestly, I’m blessed to have his dad too. He wasn’t angry when I told him I likely couldn’t travel to meet him for visitation this weekend, and he understood that I didn’t have another option for getting kid to him. I will make it up to him.But for now I’m basking in my blessings. I’m not a failure. Thank god via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2r9CIiZ