My four chicken pox-ridden children have recovered and tell me that it wasn’t too bad. They enjoyed playing board games, listening to stories, watching movies, and playing with some friends who visited.

My youngest has had chickenpox since Wednesday evening and is requesting some of the same benefits that her older sisters and brothers had, popsicles and ice cream.

I am wondering when Finnian will have some real spots.  I say real spots because one day, he pointed to a mole and said, “Mommy, look.  I have chickenpox.” I explained that it was his birthmark mole. Later, he pointed to a freckle and told me, “Mommy, I have chickenpox. See.” I looked and shared that it was a freckle. During dinner that night, Finnian said, “Daddy, I have a lot of prickles. Mommy told me.”* Hopefully, he reacts as well to chickenpox.

*Finnian has two freckles at most.