Nightmares...

Little B has been suffering from horrible nightmares lately.

Simone hears him crying, screaming for Mom, sobbing helplessly.

So she goes into the little cherub's room to see what's what. The sob continue for a few moments.

"Are you okay, little B?" asks Simone.

"Pirates," sniffs little B. "Naan-naan come here," orders Simone's little pirate, patting the space in the bed next to him.

Simone climbs into the bed. "I'm staying for five minutes but then you have to go back to sleep," she tells him. "It's sleepy time right now. Everyone is sleeping."

"Okay."

They cuddle for five minutes then Simone gets up.

"Do you want me to turn on the light?" she asks.

"Yeth," he replies. He has the cutest lisp!

"Okay,I love you. Sleep tight!"

Little B pulls the covers over his head. "I hide," he says.

"Good idea," Simone kisses the blanket covered child.

There's nothing more rewarding than those moments when a parent actually manages to soothe a child's fears away...