Dear EJ,
Maybe you're too young and wouldn't understand, but I'm hoping the people around us would.
I'm sorry if mommy has been cranky lately. It's because mommy has been sick.
Remember those five nights mommy wasn't with you? It's because mommy was in the hospital. And afterwards mommy won't play with you that much? It's because mommy was still weak.
Mommy wanted to make up for it and has been staying up until morning for you because you don't want to sleep yet. But because of this, mommy got sick again.
This time, it's contagious.
Because you don't have a yaya, and wowa's out of town, mommy has no choice but to be around you even if the doctor told mommy to stay away from you because you might get sick.
It's hard to do chores while nursing a fever, but it's harder to deal with the fact -- and the guilt -- that in every cough, sneeze, even every breath mommy makes around you, mommy is making you susceptible to sickness.
I'm sorry for being cranky, stern -- it's just hard to stretch mommy's patience when she's not feeling well.
I'm sorry for being distant -- it's not that mommy loves you any less, mommy just doesn't want you getting sick too.
I'm sorry for being sick -- this is the last thing mommy wants to be.
And thank you. For always making mommy smile with your antics no matter how sick mommy feels.
But even if mommy's going through a tough time right now, one thing's for sure -- mommy would ratherget sick as long as it's not YOU.
Mommy loves you so much. 
