The guilt wages on

Here I am again. I've started a new job this week and wouldn't you know it both my kids are having health issues. My daughter has been up half the night with a cough and my son is needing to start a three day process of medication that requires him to stay home. I'm going in to work today but I will be taking tomorrow off to deal with these things. My guilt is eating me alive and it doesn't help that my mom is telling me how much she wants me to start with the treatment with my son today. She doesn't even know about my daughter being sick too. The only job I was ever fired from was 7 years ago when my son was a baby and I was fired because I missed too much work because he was such a sick little baby. So here I am with the battle that all single moms face. What I find ironic is the fact that for the almost two months I was job hunting, my kids where perfectly healthy. They wait until my first week of a new job to get sick. I don't think this guilt will ever go away. It just breaks my heart.