Thoughts on the Big Screen

Meredith has always had difficulty getting to sleep at night.  It is clear to me that once she settles down, all the happenings from the day occupy her mind and keep her awake.  Now, I'm sure everyone has a similar experience of reviewing their day when they head off to sleep, but if you think in pictures, I think sometimes it can be troubling.  If Meredith has seen or experienced anything remotely scary, she truly holds those images in her mind.  That's why we are beyond cautious about what Meredith watches on tv or the movies.  Her tolerance for scary images is extremely low and they will predictably come up as an issue again when she goes to sleep. 

Meredith drew me this picture to illustrate what it is like for her when she goes to sleep.  It shows Merebith and Dogot sitting in the theater seats watching Meredith's thoughts scroll across the big screen. Dogot's seat (second from the left) just has the armrests because obviously he can't sit down. "He backs in to sit down," Meredith tells me. Merebith (far left) wears 3D glasses and has a lasso to catch the thought going across the movie screen that Meredith wants to think about.  You'll see that the thoughts going across the screen in this picture include from left to right: Meredith's heartbeat, her friend Naoreen, lunch, tests, candy, our dog Zelda, and a pedicure with Naoreen.