Goodbye, Sweet Dreams

Cody woke up the other night having some pretty bad pain in his tummy. I stayed up with him for 4 hours until he finally got some relief and was able to drift off to sleep. It was encouraging to hear his tiny little snore knowing he was finally comfortable. When he woke up later that morning, close to lunch time, he told me in a sad voice, “My tummy hurt last night, and, and, and it washed my dreams away.” I think he was trying to express to me that his tummy pain took all his sweet dreams away. Children have such a sweet way of putting their feelings into words.