Alex cries…the minute we get to his crib he starts…it’s not usual, in fact he never cries when going to bed.  “No sleep daddy”, he says between sobs and adds barely discernible when I lay him down…”up mommy…daddy!”  As I tuck him in his cries amplify, and by the time I leave the room he is in a complete and sensational wail…he is relentless and continues for some time and until I return…and when he sees me he stops cold, but he is so worked up that his body continues to vibrate and his lungs suck and gasp trying regulate and feed his body with oxygen.  He holds out his arms, gesturing to be picked up…I smile and talk to him reassuringly and then take him in my arms…we retreat to the couch where he snuggles in tight and pushes his head into my chest.  His body slowly begins to relax and his breaths soften…and he mumbles occasionally, “…no sleep daddy”…and I can feel him lighten against me as whatever was troubling him begins to fall away.  I rub his back and offer, “…sleep my son” and kiss the top of head imparting what peace I can…and very soon he does.

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Lawrence Lewis

“It is not flesh and blood, but heart which makes us fathers and sons.”  ~Friedrich von Schiller

About Lawrence Lewis

I do a number of things professionally...but most of all and the true purpose of what I do through "my work" is to provide for my family, be a good husband and great father, and try to make a difference as a world citizen...I guess it's not much more complicated than that 🙂