Proof The Bible Is True

Everything was quiet when I blinked awake in the darkness. My husband, Bob, was fast asleep beside me. But I’d heard someone call, “Mom!” I was sure of it. One of the kids, I thought, dragging myself out of bed. Probably just a nightmare.

 

I checked the rooms where my two younger daughters slept. Eight-year-old Elizabeth was fast asleep in her bed. So was 10-year-old Sarah. Cosmo, our Jack Russell, lifted his head from the living room sofa as I went up the stairs. “Shh, it’s okay,” I whispered. And it was. Fourteen-year-old Amy was in her upstairs bedroom, sleeping as peacefully as her sisters. “Guess it was my own nightmare,” I whispered to Cosmo as I passed by him again. “The girls are fine.”

 

There was one child I couldn’t check on, and I still hadn’t gotten used to that. My eldest, Matt, was finishing up his second year at Texas A&M in College Station, some 800 miles away from where we were living in Smyrna, Tennessee. Matt was due home for a visit the following night, but would soon return to Texas for a summer internship. I’d accepted his being away during the school year. Now I’d have to give him up for the summer too.

 

I hope he doesn’t miss his flight tomorrow, I thought as I slipped back into my bedroom. I knew Matt was old enough to take care of himself, but as a mother it was hard not to worry. He had trouble being punctual in the best of circumstances, and I knew he’d want to celebrate the end of finals. Packing would surely take a backseat. When he was at home I could remind him of the time, but with him far away in Texas…

 

“If one of the girls called out to me, she’s asleep now,” I whispered to Bob as I got back into bed. He didn’t answer. He’d missed the whole thing. I prayed myself back to sleep, calling on Matt’s guardian angel to check on him in my absence. I didn’t dare call the dorm at this hour.

 

I couldn’t have been sleeping long when I was awoken again. This time by a loud scream. I jumped up and looked at the clock. It was a little after 2 A.M.

 

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