Equality March, Mary, fevers, and the interconnectedness of it all
Last night, Mary came home feeling pretty awful and had a 102 degree fever. She made a fairly miraculous recovery today. Her throat is quite sore, still, but her fever broke, and she claims she is feeling "94% better."
And so, I relented, and allowed her to accompany a group to Washington D.C. on a chartered bus leaving tonight. She really, really wants to march and go to a rally tomorrow to at the National Equality March. I am worried she will feel awful again tonight, and not thrilled she may be exposing other people to her virus, but she is almost 19, and it really is not my decision.
Besides, the aging hippie in me thinks everyone should march on Washington at least once in a lifetime. :)
I have a bit of a fever myself and feel less than super, but I am loading up on vitamin C and determined to be well by Monday.
Keep Mary in your thoughts and hope for a safe trip and fairly uneventful rally. I worry about her safety when the likes of Fred Phelps will be there to counter-march. Yuck. She's a smart girl, though, and will be with a group of local UUs, so I think she should be fine. But still, just think good thoughts for her.
And stand in solidarity with our gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, children and friends tomorrow!
And so, I relented, and allowed her to accompany a group to Washington D.C. on a chartered bus leaving tonight. She really, really wants to march and go to a rally tomorrow to at the National Equality March. I am worried she will feel awful again tonight, and not thrilled she may be exposing other people to her virus, but she is almost 19, and it really is not my decision.
Besides, the aging hippie in me thinks everyone should march on Washington at least once in a lifetime. :)
I have a bit of a fever myself and feel less than super, but I am loading up on vitamin C and determined to be well by Monday.
Keep Mary in your thoughts and hope for a safe trip and fairly uneventful rally. I worry about her safety when the likes of Fred Phelps will be there to counter-march. Yuck. She's a smart girl, though, and will be with a group of local UUs, so I think she should be fine. But still, just think good thoughts for her.
And stand in solidarity with our gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, children and friends tomorrow!