ELSIE HAMMOND-DANVERS (MAMO)
I tried to will myself to sleep for the hundredth time, the soft snores of my papa tickling the nape of my neck. I wriggled around in his steel-like grip, managing to push him onto his back, so I could snuggle into his chest.
"Mmm, kitten, sleep ZZZzzzzz" his groggy mumble made me giggle, over sixty years with this man and I still love him a little more every day.
I have not had trouble sleeping since I was nineteen. Having my big bear snuggled up with me is all I normally need to easily drift into a happy sleep.
But tonight, sleep evades me, I have a giant weight in the pit of my stomach, and I can't shift the feeling that something is going to happen.
I snuggle closer to the only man I have ever loved, running my wrinkled hands over his belly. He is stil
