Samuel prayers

Samuel has taken a huge step backwards when it comes to sleeping at night.  It all began when Grandma Rankin took Samuel to her laptop to play games.  She pulled up a Halloween tic tac toe and played.  At the end of the game, she didn't realize that a screaming scary face would pop up.  Samuel screamed bloody murder.  He was shaking and clinging to me.  He started calling for his daddy because his daddy could keep him safe.  I felt bad for him.  He was traumatized.

At night now he is really scared to sleep without a lot of light.  He wants someone to stay in the room with him.  We have been saying prayers a lot to help him feel better.  He has asked that he won't see the scary face when he closes his eyes.  We pray that he will feel safe and that he will think of happy things when he sleeps.  Most nights, we say a prayer together and I have to come in another time for one more prayer. 

One night in his prayers, I felt his arm reach out and pat my back.  He said "I am thankful for mommy being here."  It was adorable.  He fell asleep tonight without a lot of fighting.  Hopefully he will continue to get better at not being afraid.