This week I was sitting in my dad’s hospital room….he just had his second knee replaced and was having trouble staying consicous….I was watching him fight to keep his eyes open b/c he knew I was there….I told him not to fight…just to go to sleep and I would be there when he woke up…..It all felt very full circle to me….I can remeber being a child and fighting sleep off when I would feel my dad standing by my bed watching me fall off to sleep….just his presence or mine for that matter is all that is really needed…no words were need….just being near was the gift…..and made in both cases then and now…it made sleep that much more comforting….just knowing someone is there!