Ever notice how a 4 year old's voice is louder than 200 adult voices?
1. 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,
apparently 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 O.K. 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, there were hundreds of other folks waiting
for their arriving passengers, also. As I entered the waiting area,
my son saw me, and came running shouting, "Hi, Dad! I've got some
good news!" As I 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.
Dean
1. 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,
apparently 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 O.K. 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, there were hundreds of other folks waiting
for their arriving passengers, also. As I entered the waiting area,
my son saw me, and came running shouting, "Hi, Dad! I've got some
good news!" As I 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.
Dean