Invisible

After a very long 20+ hour drive to Florida, it has been extremely difficult to keep up with the kids and everything they want to do on vacation. Although I want to do all those same things the reality is 2 days later I am still trying to recover from the drive here. As we get the kids ready for church with their grandparents the lovely question is asked "why
Isn't Nicole going? What's wrong with her?" Well let's see, 2 herniated disks, fibromyalgia (that flares instantly when the cervical disks hurt like hell) and myofacial pain. (they know this)All of which are invisible yet are extremely debilitating.
I find myself using what little energy I have getting ready for church so I don't look like I'm lazy or just don't want to go. The truth is I very much want to go but will this put me out of commission the rest of the day? We shall see. It's so hard to make people understand something which the can not see......