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To-day everybody went up to the Oriental house except me and the folks; I stayed to look out for them. The first hour we kind of were okay. Granddad kept wanting Nana to go out walking, and she was so tired from getting up early this morning, so I had to keep protecting her from him. XD He doesn't really understand the word no. At any rate, she rested a little, he read the newspaper and smoked, and then about an hour in it started lightning and thundering.
The dog is terrified of thunder, and he managed to scare Maggie, so the two of them were going crazy; and Nana, I found out just five minutes ago, has had a lifetime fear of lightning storms, so she was really upset too. I settled the dogs down and cuddled until they were okay, but she was still crying, so I got her into their bed downstairs, and, because she was still scared, ended up getting in with her and cuddling up beside her.
And when she asked questions I answered them, and I petted her, and after a little while she fell asleep. I fell asleep, too, after a while, even though it was so hot (she was cold and wanted the down covers up, but it's eighty degrees outside), and--two hours later Mum woke us up!
I think we handled that pretty well. ^_^ Granddad just sat on the couch across from us and made snide comments.
Mum says that when she was growing up Nana never let on that she was scared of lightning, but once they were in college they found out that she had taken to hiding in the closet with their dog whenever it stormed. She said that Nana was so good about not being scared for them that none of them are scared. I think you must have to be pretty brave to do something like that, to teach your children not to be afraid, when you're so terrified that you want to hide in the closet, my god.
So I am proud of Nana. And now it's bright as daylight, and there's nothing to be afraid of any more. We did all right.
The dog is terrified of thunder, and he managed to scare Maggie, so the two of them were going crazy; and Nana, I found out just five minutes ago, has had a lifetime fear of lightning storms, so she was really upset too. I settled the dogs down and cuddled until they were okay, but she was still crying, so I got her into their bed downstairs, and, because she was still scared, ended up getting in with her and cuddling up beside her.
And when she asked questions I answered them, and I petted her, and after a little while she fell asleep. I fell asleep, too, after a while, even though it was so hot (she was cold and wanted the down covers up, but it's eighty degrees outside), and--two hours later Mum woke us up!
I think we handled that pretty well. ^_^ Granddad just sat on the couch across from us and made snide comments.
Mum says that when she was growing up Nana never let on that she was scared of lightning, but once they were in college they found out that she had taken to hiding in the closet with their dog whenever it stormed. She said that Nana was so good about not being scared for them that none of them are scared. I think you must have to be pretty brave to do something like that, to teach your children not to be afraid, when you're so terrified that you want to hide in the closet, my god.
So I am proud of Nana. And now it's bright as daylight, and there's nothing to be afraid of any more. We did all right.
