Ever notice how a 4 year old's voice is louder than 200 adult voices?
Several years ago, I returned home from a trip just when a storm hit
with crashing thunder and severe lightning. As I came into my bedroom
about 2 a.m., I found my two children in bed with my wife. They had
apparently been scared by the loud storm. I resigned myself to sleep
in the guest bedroom that night.
The next day, I talked to the children, and explained that it was OK
to sleep with Mom when the storm was bad, but when I was expected
home, please don't sleep with Mom that night. They said OK.
After my next trip several weeks later my wife and the children
picked me up in the terminal at the appointed time. Since the plane
was late, everyone had come into the terminal to wait for my plane's
arrival, along with hundreds of other folks waiting for their
arriving passengers.
As I entered the waiting area, my son saw me, and came running shouting,
"Hi, Dad! I've got some good news!"
As waved back, I said loudly, "What's the good news?"
"Nobody slept with Mommy while you were away this time!" Alex shouted.
The airport became very quiet, as everyone in the waiting area looked
at Alex, then turned to me, and then searched the rest of the area to
see if they could figure out exactly who his Mom was.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
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