This past weekend, my wife and I were privileged to have one
of our grandchildren spend the night! No, it’s not the first time that has
happened; there have been numerous other sleepovers at the grandparents’ by
this grandchild and the others. But it is the first time we let this one sleep
by himself in a separate room. He’s one year old so he’s not really a baby and
can sleep just fine on his own. Of course, we checked on him from time to time,
especially my wife who is a very light sleeper when children are around, but we
weren’t that concerned that anything was wrong.
However, our dogs were apparently not quite so keen with the
idea of letting him sleep alone. In fact, they were pretty nervous about the
whole thing. They kept coming to my office at the end of the hall to get me.
And, thinking they needed to go outside, I’d get up from sitting at the
computer and head for the door. But every time, they’d stop at the bedroom
where the grandkid was sleeping. The door was ajar and the dogs would peek into
the dark and then look back at me and whine. This only happened a few times
before I started ignoring them. Well, not ignoring them exactly. What I did was
told them to go back to bed, the baby was fine.
They’d wander off but only stay gone a few minutes. Then,
they’d be back, silently urging me to get up and check on the kid. When I
didn’t, they’d go to the door and stare into the room, sniffing—and still
whining. I started getting up just to watch them.
It was almost comical, as they progressively became more and
more worried. They’d quietly edge further into the room, listening and sniffing
until they were satisfied everything was okay and then slowly back out of the
room, and trot back up the hall. This scene would repeat every few minutes.
Eventually, they couldn’t take the “pressure” any longer and just laid down in
the hall keeping any eye on the poor, defenseless little human that their
inconsiderate owners would not bother to watch—at least not as often as they
would have liked.
While this provided entertainment for me, I really didn’t
get a lot of work done that night. But that’s okay, I’m working now. And my
wife is sleeping soundly. For about three hours now. No, I haven’t even checked
on her. She’s got the dogs. I’m sure they’ll keep a close eye on her.
Bruce A. Borders is the author of more than a dozen
books, including: Inside Room 913, Over My Dead
Body, The Journey, Miscarriage Of Justice, and
The Wynn Garrett Series. Available in ebook and paperback on iTunes,
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Bruce A. Borders also serves as the Vice-President of Rave Reviews Book Club.
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