Being sick is never fun.  Yesterday, my youngest son got into the pantry and pulled out the electronic ear thermometer.  He had seen us use it on the kids whenever someone was sick.  The mysterious beeping sound it made when the temperature was taken, combined with our concerned faces when we looked at it must have been intriguing.  Not to mention the funny feeling as we placed it in the ear canal.

 Levi came over to me with the thermometer, and I positioned it in his ear.  Funny thing is, I don't ever remember using it when I knew he was healthy.  I was surprised to see a reading of 95.7 degrees, well below the norm of 98.6.  Had it been off the whole time, even when he was sick with a temp showing 102 degrees?  Seeing today's reading made me want to compare his temp over several days to calibrate the machine.

 If we never take inventory of our lives when we are healthy, how can we measure when we are not?  This is something I am going to ponder in the future.  How do my boundaries look when I am in balance?  How does my relationship with my wife appear when I am healthy, both spiritually and physically?  How quickly does my anger flare up when things aren't going my way?  Perhaps I can begin to notice signs of a sickness coming.  Do they have a zinc lozenge for spiritual health?