CUDDLING
IN THE STORM

Topics: Children; Courage; Fear; Loneliness; Marriage; Mothers; Parenting; Relationships; Togetherness; Trust

References: Genesis 15:1; Deuteronomy 1:21; Joshua 1:9; Luke 8:22–25

During a violent thunderstorm a mother was tucking her small boy into bed. She was about to turn off the light when he asked with a tremor in his voice, “Mommy, will you sleep with me tonight?”

The mother gave him a smile and a reassuring hug. “I can’t, dear,” she said. “I have to sleep with your daddy.”

A long silence was broken at last by his shaky little voice: “The big sissy.”

—Anonymous