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This morning, for the second time ever, I yelled to the children and told them they could get up and watch t.v. For most American families this is the norm. We have avoided the t.v. babysitter for 8 plus years. It seems over and over again, Melissa and I need, want, desire, or require more sleep. The funny part is that our kids seem to need less and less sleep. They get up at 6:55 a.m. and start a racket that is unbelievable. It is quieter for them to watch t.v. in the living room than destroy the wall between our rooms.

Isn’t it funny that when we get older, over 40 or 45 say, we need less and less sleep. My grandmother, who is just a few days older than 90 only sleeps 5 hours a night. Why? When we are up at 6:00 a.m. about 8 years from now, our kids will be sleeping til noon on the weekends. That seems all wrong. Empty nesters are up before the rooster, doing puzzles, drinking Sanka, reading the paper in a house that has no children making noise. That just isn’t right.

Just thinking….