Not sure about mixing friendship with work

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I work as a private tutor, I have a chronic illness and work part time hours due to it and around my dc. Sometimes I have to cancel lessons if ill/move them around, it makes me feel so unprofessional but it’s not my fault.
Recently one of my friends was asking about tutoring for her dc, I really like this friend and want to help her, but wasn’t sure. She asked me lots of times and I ended up saying yes after making a few excuses. We arranged a day and I was ill and Dd too (this is rare) I had to cancel and she seemed really disappointed and I sense is a person who likes to stick to arrangements, which I totally understand, I’d likely be the same. When I have to rearrange with other parents, I hate doing it too, but we’re not friends so it doesn’t seem as personal, I’m worried this will cause a problem between us. What can I now do?

Anyone 😬

Do you think she might have wanted mates’ rates?

I’d explain it to her pretty much as you have here. “So sorry I had to cancel our tutoring session. Due to my chronic illness, this does happen sometimes although I try hard to avoid it. I totally understand if you’d rather change to a different tutor who might be more consistent.” Then you’ve cleared your conscience, she’s more in the picture that there’s a possibility of the sessions being cancelled and you’ve given her an easy way out if she’d rather not carry on.

@KimberleyClark No not at all

Explain that due to your health you are not the most reliable tutor - say how often you miss sessions, on average. Then she can decide if she wants to continue with you or not, but she won't be able to blame you when it happens.