Bad Dreams: A Matter of Perspective!

As I was tucking in Gabriel tonight, he confided in me, "Mom, I don't like going to sleep because I have bad dreams." OH NO! My heart sank. I thought, "My poor baby is having NIGHTMARES?!" Before I could ask, "About what?" Gabe continued: "I keep having this bad dream where we go to the beach and I don't have my swimming suit!" As relief is pouring over me, I'm also battling the giggles. I don't want to dismiss his feelings. "It's okay buddy! You can always just swim in your clothes or in your underwear or even NAKED? Wouldn't that be funny?" And he seemed reassured, gave me another goodnight hug and went to sleep. Goodness. I hope we're still years away from the REAL nightmares. It's funny that when we get much older, we just have that stupid recurring dream about showing up at school naked!