When Mom Gets Sick.

(And mom *always* gets sick if the kids are sick/have been sick)

I’m sick. I won’t bore you with the details but suffice it to say that I feel like shite.

So, in lieu of the new comic I was planning this week, I’m sharing some subscriber comics from last year (pre-Substack) about times when I was sick/what happens when moms get sick.

But first, I’d be remiss if I didn’t include this old comic, as it encapsulates what it’s like to be a sick mom vs. sick dad:

I made this next one when I had pneumonia last year and was sick for almost 3 months because I could never get the kind of real rest I needed to recover fully:

At the end of the day, moms can’t ever really be sick. I mean, they can, but they’re still parenting—there are no real breaks when the kids are home. So moms keep functioning, just at a slightly lower level than usual…

There’s a reason that there are so many memes and tweets about moms wanting to be juuust sick enough to “enjoy” a short hospital stay. Because where else can moms get actual rest?

Anywho, I’m about to go crawl back into bed because my kids are at school and I need to be well enough to parent solo from 4pm on tonight.

Thanks for sticking with me—hope you’re feeling healthy this week!

xoxo,
Mary Catherine