…to chase away the fears.
Two years ago – to the day, I wrote the following blog post! It is still one of my favorites (and a true story), for all the obvious “feel good” type feelings. Hope it works for you too!
It is the middle of the night. Very, very stormy outside. Thunder and lightning in all it’s majestic power. Asleep in my bed, I discover myself waking up, the sounds from the summer storm rousing me.
A small hand touches my arm …
“G.P.?” A small quiet voice in the dark questions.
“Yes, Emma?” I respond softly. I live in a household that consists of several children, two adults, and assorted animals. As a reference point I am called ‘G.P.’ (a nickname) by all.
The youngest has woken from the loud thunder and bright flashes of lightning raging outside.
“The thunder woke me up”. She said.
“It did me too.” I say.
In very short order Emma is in bed next to me, wide awake. I get up, turning on the bed lamp before I leave to make coffee. A short while later I’m back, bringing a cupful of nice hot “wake me up” brew along with my laptop, a cup of hot chocolate for Emma and her DSI (Hand-held game/system). Since both are wireless, we can use them safely during the storm.
Franky, one of my two cats is also afraid of the storm, so at 3:30 a.m. we snuggle, occupy ourselves with our electronics, sip on warm beverages, and weather the storm with love, light and the technology of the day.
“G.P.?” Emma says as she settles in to play videos on her DSI.
“Yes, Emma?” I answer.
“I love you.” She replies quietly.
“Me too.” I reply in an equally soft voice.
And all is well in the middle of the night.
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Have a great week everyone, stay as cool as you can in this summer heat, and stay safe from stormy weather!
~Penny
The Why About This 
It’s delightful.
Thank you Indira, as was the actual experience, my friend!
That makes it more wonderful.
This was beautiful Penny! Thank you for sharing it. 🙂
My pleasure, LuAnn, thank you. The actual experience of course and sharing it with others! 🙂
So sweet and so loving.
Thank you Valentine, and yes she certainly is! 🙂 xx
It feels nice and safe and cosy there! Lovely!
It really was, Ute, even with the noisy storm outside, the feelings inside were fantastic! 🙂 xx
Oh – how beautiful!
xo 🙂 🙂 xo
And – here’s Emma’s own xo 🙂 🙂 xo from me 😀
Emma sent you big hugs back RoSy and thanks you for thinking of her! XXXXX 🙂 xo
Lovely! And, touching too!
Hi Barb, thank you. It was such an endearing moment for me, that being up in the middle of the night in this instance was a marvelous adventure, with lots of love! 🙂 xo
Love is a good thing! xoxo!
Yes. Yes it is! xoxoxo
Ah! Thanks for sharing 🙂
That is so sweet. I remembered this as I was reading it. Plus the monster cat helps with that. I can never get over the size of them tiny little creatures 🙂
Hi Alastair, a special night indeed and my cats, well they aren’t getting any smaller, lol! 🙂 xx
No, they tend not to. It is when I see Sully and Gogh together that i realise how big the latter is, and that he was tiny compared to Rembrandt
🙂 🙂 This is lovely!!! 🙂 It made me smile brightly! 🙂 Thank you! ❤
Hi Trini! Thank you! 🙂 It was a very rewarding night for me too! Thanks for stopping by, glad I made you smile!!!! 🙂