Sleep Walking - Burglar and Blinds 09/19/2011
When Willie was a little boy, he and his sister Polly were avid sleepwalkers. Not by choice of course, they just seemed to have it in there genes. Missouri Jane and Frank had to look in on them before retiring for the night and sometimes check on them during the night. It was one of those nights and Polly was nowhere to be found. They searched all over the house but no Polly...where is she this time? They decided it was time to check with the neighbors, and sure enough, there she was on the neighbors front porch. She had arrived and knocked on their door asking to borrow milk...eyes opened and glazed. She wasn't awake when she knocked on the door but woke up confused and afraid. On another night, Willie was the one not in his bed. Frank went outside...looked around the tractor and under the porch...where could he have gone? Missouri Jane continued to look all through the house and finally found him all curled up behind a big ole chair. These kids and their sleepwalking, hopefully they would grow out of it. Fast forward to Davis Street and and a grown up Willie sleeping in that bed he had worked so hard to buy. He'd had a long day at work and he and Helen had turned in early. Something jarred Helen awake and she saw Willie crawling across the floor. And because of his history of sleep walking, she naturally thought that was what was going on, so she hollered, "WILLIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" He turned his head up to her and said, "Well I was going to catch a burglar, but I guess I won't now!" He wasn't sleep walking at all, He had really thought he had heard a burglar at the window. During the night the wind had picked up causing the blinds to rattle and bang against the open window waking him up. It was instinct to protect his family, so he slipped out of the bed and was crawling across the floor to sneak up on the intruder when Helen saw him. The rest is history! They would share this story with their kids - it was one of those not so funny at the time it's happening... but later would be hilarious when retold a generation later. Comments Your comment will be posted after it is approved. Leave a Reply |  Author
Paula Tollison Andrews Maupin I am married to Bobby and live in the Nashville, TN area, working as Executive Assistant to both the Director of Sales and General Manager of FOX17, MyTV30 & CW58 television I have 3 wonderful sons and daughters in
love (Brad & Holly Andrews, Bryan & Stacy Andrews and Brandon
& Ashley Andrews) from Tulsa, St. Louis & Springfield
respectively. They have given me 9 precious grandbabies. (Joseph,
Cooper, Margo, Sloan, Jonas, Nora, Everett, Lawson and Blythe & Gma
loves them so much) I also have 2 great stepsons and daughter in love
(Jonathan & Kathryn Maupin and William Maupin) from Lexington,
Kentucky.
As a lady who's lived through both good & bad circumstances in my life, I've learned and continue to learn a lot of "life lessons". Along the way I have been inspired to be a better me. God is faithful in ALL circumstances and His love covers all. My hope is that you will be inspired to be who you were meant to be. I have been writing this blog about my mom and dad since September of 2011. You can find their story from the beginning by going to the Stories link. Happy Reading!!!   ArchivesMarch 2012 |
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