Richie's personal nightlight

Rich refused to give up a certain flashlight tonight, so we let him keep it when we said goodnight and left his room. Over and over, he turned it on and off. On the monitor, we could hear him pressing the button for a very long time. Eventually, when it had stopped for a while, I went into his room to check on him. He was asleep on his blanket with the flashlight pointing toward his stomach, held loose by a hand that lay under his side. It was so hilarious. It was easy to tell that right before he fell asleep, he turned on the flashlight one last time. I carefully pulled it away from him, turned it off, and covered him with two blankets.

POST: I have an actuarial internship!! More on that later.