Did Wonder Woman Ever Cry?

I've always loved comic book heroes. I'm an absolute sucker for the Spiderman and Superman movies. It seems at least in the movies they showed their flaws and weaknesses. Peter Parker and Spiderman dealt with fear and pride, and certainly unforgiveness. I remember in the first Superman movie when Lois Lane died in that earthquake, Clark/Superman's screams were primal in his grief.

This week I got thinking---did Wonder Woman ever cry? I'm just old enough to remember the show and Lyle Waggoner. I recall spinning myself around and around with my bracelets and long hair trying to be like her. But I just don't recall any episodes when she thought she failed, she feared rejection, she was struggling wiht unforgiveness or, she was simply just done.

All these years later, we all strive to be Wonder Woman. I have friends who work full time and have young children with health concerns. On top of everything else they are calling specialists, reading up on tests, leaving work early for appointments and yet still taking care of older children, husband, and a house. I have been there and it is draining.

This week my schedule was filled with a sick child. The good news was we are used to her being sick and needing an ER or an asthma call of sorts. This time it was a bad cold and she made it through without serious respitory distress. Yet she was miserable. She coughed and gagged until she threw up. She hates medicine and pushed it, threw it, spit it, gagged it, and ignored it. I was anything but Wonder Woman to her or me. I was the bad guy pushing fluids, medicine and naps. Thing was, she wasn't napping, something because of her thyroid, she still requires. It made for a long week.

Yesterday I was running to do laundry, dishes, I took her out for a pharmacy and store run. I made homemade soup, played, kept up with vaporizer refills, medicine time frames, and new methods of saying please for the love of everything holy take this medicine. By mid afternoon, she was in tears. And so was I.

Did Wonder Woman ever cry? Because I was depleted. It wasn't a horrible week, we've seen life and death issues and this wasn't it. But no me time is my kryptonite. I need just a little space, a few minutes if nothing else to regroup. At best, I love when hubby gives me my car keys and tells me to find a mocha and don't hurry home. It just wasn't happening this week. Even a run to the bathroom was met with a knock on the door from a sick preschooler wanting to cling, even when duty calls.

Today she is better and I got a few minutes in to read a couple chapters in one of seven library books I have out (gulp!) I'm behind in Bible Study reading but hope to catch up tonight. I know within the next week I need out---even Superman went to those icy caves to re connect, re energize and talk with his Father. If super heroes get time to themselves---shouldn't we?

I'm not sure if this is exactly what they were thinking but this is my submission to MamaBlogga Group for the theme of "Me Time." You can find them at http://www.mamablogga.com/contact/group-writing-project/

And if you ever saw Wonder Woman cry, let me know. I'm still glad this Wonder Woman did!