Dots

Tonight...after tucking our sweet girls into bed, Lisa heard little footsteps pounding down the hall. She looked up to find Ashlyn staring at her with terrified eyes and Kaleigh as her moral support. Ashlyn said there were "dots" on the ceiling and that she was very scared. Lisa's first inclination was to say "everything is okay, Sweetie...now go back to bed." But, Ashlyn genuinely looked terrified so Lisa took her by the hand (with Kaleigh close behind) and got into Ashlyn's bed for an up-close look at these dots. Now, Lisa does believe in supernatural beings and that children's innocence may allow them to see things that adults can't see (angels, etc.) Ashlyn was shaking and said that she just knew something was in the room and was asking Kaleigh to back her up. A gentle thunderstorm started rumbling outside and the pitter patter of raindrops on the rooftop provided a much-needed distraction.
Lisa soon realized after her eyes adjusted to the dark that the dots Ashlyn was seeing actually were dots...three small circles of light caused by a reflection of moonlight on the ceiling fan's brass exterior. She was indeed seeing dots. Even as Lisa explained what the dots were to Ashlyn, her little hand gripped her mommy's arm tighter. Then her fear subsided into peaceful sleep. There is nothing sweeter than a sleeping child...so precious!