Home Coming
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Loading ...Several years ago, I returned home from a business trip just when a storm hit, with crashing thunder and severe lightning. As I came into my bedroom about 2 AM, I found my two children in bed with my wife, Stacey, apparently scared by the loud storm. I resigned myself to sleep in the guest bedroom that night.
The next day, I talked to the kids, explaining that it was “OK” to sleep with Mom when the storm was bad, but
when I was expected home, please don’t sleep with Mom that night. They agreed.
After my next trip several weeks later, Stacey and the children picked me up in the terminal at the appointed time. Because the plane was late, everyone had come into the
terminal to wait for my plane’s arrival, along with hundreds of other folks waiting for their arriving passengers.
As I entered the waiting area, my son saw me, and came running up shouting, “Hi, Dad! I’ve got some good news!”
As I waved back, I said loudly, “What’s the good news?”
Alex shouted, “NOBODY slept with Mommy while you were away, this time!”
The airport became very still, as everyone in the waiting area looked at Alex, then turned to me, then searched the rest of the area to see if they could identify his Mother…
