Nightmare

Ava has been having nightmares... every night... for the past 2 months. She usually comes into my room to tell me about them, but if it is a particularly scary one, she will just lay in bed and scream until I am at her side to comfort her. One night she was completely convinced that a "little little man, with little little hands" had jumped onto her bed. It took both Jared and I about 30 minutes to calm her down. So last week, I am peacefully sleeping in bed when I hear "the scream" coming from Ava's room. I got out of bed and stumbled to her bedside and started the comforting cycle that I had preformed countless times over the past 2 months. "It's just a dream sweetheart. You're ok. Mommy's here..." She was frantic! She insisted that something had attacked her head and landed on her throat. "It's ok honey. Let me check your throat.... nope, it looks fine..." I knelt down by the side of her bed, stoking her head and wiping away the tears. All of a sudden something pounced on my knee! I screamed right into Ava's ear, and the look of pure terror on her face was horrible. I looked down and saw the 2 green eyes of Zeus, our cat, peering up at me. Luckily I was able to turn the tears into laughter, and Ava forgave the cat for scaring her!!