If only I could take away the pain..

3AM: Wide awake once more.. Caressing my Mom's head as she falls in and out of sleep... She fell asleep on the new sleeper about9:30pm  , I stayed with her till 11pm and since she did not wake, I went to sleep..

Woke up at midnite as I hear her calling out my name... she was, is, in so much pain...  And we could not give her another pain medicine as she just took one before sleeping... So I sit with her, tell her stories, caress her head, make her laugh - all in hopes that she can forget the pain and rest comfortably... 

Now she is asleep again, but she wakes and cries out now and again... am letting her hubby sleep so he can get a bit of rest, too.. 4AM: my Stepfather is finally awake... Now it is my turn to sleep for a few hours...