It is ominous and windy outside tonight. Nights like tonight remind me of when I was a little girl. I used to think that there were monsters under my bed, so I would sleep with my comforter completely covering my head. Of course I made a little peep hole so that I could breathe and keep a lookout for those sneaky little monsters. They only came out on nights like tonight, when the wind would tempt them out from there hiding places….

And, here I am, 20 years later, curled up in bed with my comforter, only instead of hiding from those under-the-bed monsters, I am listening to the whispers in the wind. Oh, and I thew my back out the day before yesterday, so being curled up in bed is a definite plus!