Humor One summer evening during a violent thunderstorm a mother was tucking her small boy into bed. She was about to turn off the light when he asked with a tremor in his voice, "Mommy, will you sleep with me tonight?"

His mother smiled and gave him a reassuring hug. "I can't dear," she said. "I have to sleep in daddy's room."

A long silence was broken at last by his little voice. "The big sissy."

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"As you grow older, Mum, I think of all the gifts you've given me. Like the need for therapy..."

-- Anonymous, September 28, 2001