Tag Archives: sleep
Sleepless Nights
“Why is my curfew nine o’clock?” my eighteen-year-old son asked. “On a weekend. In the summer.” “Because I need my sleep,” I answered. When my kids are out at night, I’m restless and sleepless until they come home. By this … Continue reading
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Mr. Sandman
My sons are both skilled sleepers and I envy them. When they snooze — which is often — they throw themselves into the embrace of slumber with the same abandon that Billy Bob Thornton throws himself into marriage. Except … Continue reading
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Bediquette
It was just a bad dream, but it scared me. I don’t know that anyone’s ever been acquitted of murder because their mate was a bed hog, but it wouldn’t surprise me. When my wife and I were first married, … Continue reading
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