A Study in Delirium

This photo was obviously not taken the night in question.

The conversation between one delirious 4-year old boy (all night stomach pain with a fever), and one delirious mother (lack of sleep due to being up all night with a 4-year boy who had stomach pain and a fever) sometime between 4:00 and 5:00 am:

The Mom: Let's say a little prayer so that Heavenly Father can help your tummy feel better and so that you can go back to sleep.

George:  OK but if we do that He will have to come down here to ours house to make me feel better because He's up in the sky.

The Mom: No, Heavenly Father knows how to help you feel better without Him having to actually come to our house.

George, getting more riled:  No!  He will have to come down here, because in Primary on Sunday I saw a picture of Him and He was up in sky.  So He will have to come down here, and how will he get down if He's up in the sky?

The Mom:  No, it will be ok--He can help you without coming down.  Heavenly Father...

George, interrupting, obviously upset by my lack of logic: He's up in the sky.  How will he come down here?  Do They have a ladder up there?

The Mom, abandoning any effort to be a "good mom" and "take a quiet, opportune moment to explain truths about God" to this child (did I mention he was delirious?) because she is SO tired and SO wants sleep (did I mention she was delirious?): Yes, they have a ladder up there.

George:  OK.

And we both laid back down.  I wish I could say we went back to sleep.  But his tummy started to feel better, so sleep was, obviously, no longer needed on his end.  Time to play with toys and ask Mom questions/tell Mom interesting facts.

Finally, at 6:00 am, Part Time Politician woke up and did something with him.  I'm not sure what it was because I went back to SLEEP.