I have been sick the last few days. Today I threw up in the bathroom sink. All three kids heard me and rushed to see what was going on. Their reactions were amusing (...well, they were when I thought about it after the fact). After I’d emptied my gut, Lily continued to stare at me silently like I was some freak of nature. Sage rushed over to me with a glass of water she’d filled up in the kitchen. And Eliza asked me (in THAT tone of voice that says "I'm trying to be patient") if I had forgotten to get her shoes.
Nurture or nature? Middle child syndrome? Second child syndrome? (That hits a little too close to home for comfort!)