Last week, in the middle of the night, Miranda woke up crying. When I went to check on her, she couldn’t initially say what was wrong. Finally, she said, “It hurts,” and had her hand on her ear. She didn’t feel warm, and it was possible that she had just slept on the side of her head in the wrong way, but I still brought her over to Agnes to see if she wanted to do anything about it. Agnes got out of bed, and was checking Miranda out, when I noticed Eleanor walk by our bedroom door.
I went out to find Eleanor at the top of the steps. When she saw me, she started crying. I picked her up and asked her what was wrong. She wouldn’t say. Finally, I asked if she was looking for her sister, and she nodded. Agnes wrote last month that Eleanor checks up on her sister.
I’m not sure where this new fear is coming from, but it may have something to do with my false threat to leave them behind if they’re not getting ready to go out quickly enough. I don’t ever mean it, but I think it’s time to stop using that tactic. I guess I also need to be more careful to let Eleanor know if I’m taking Miranda out of their bedroom at night.
By the way, Miranda seemed fine, and she went back to sleep with no further problems.