Do you remember being afraid of the dark? I do. I remember not being able to sleep because of the monsters under the bed or the ones hiding in the closet.
Do you remember how your parents coaxed you to sleep or warded off the demons for one more night? Or did you just lie there with your eyes wide open until you could'nt keep them open one more minute and you fell asleep from exhaustion? I think for me it was the latter so I'm not sure how to soothe my little Sam tonight.
He called me repeatedly into his room tonight to tell he was scared of the dark. So I tried leaving his door open with the hall light on. I got called in again. So Iturned on the bathroom light. No go. So I caved and brought him into my room.
Now I'm the one who is scared. Of a sleepless night, of a boy turned sideways in bed and his cold little toes in my face, of him toppling out of my bed that is too high off the ground (he is surrounded by pillows) of him falling into a fitful sleep while running from the dragons in his dreams.
I have him for 3 more nights so if anyone has any good ideas for chasing away the dark demons, let me know in the comments. Sweet dreams.
