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Good Night, Child

Even though this antique Congress playing card that I recently purchased is simply entitled Good Night, it is often listed on eBay as Good Night Child. I added the comma in the title because it's something that I would say to my own clone and have with the proper pause in between because I'm not a complete heathen. 

As for the Child portion in those listings it makes me assume that there are Good Night cards which don't feature a child. No matter. There are several variations of this card back and this is the cheapest one that I could procure and so I went with it.

It has complete sentimental value to me because the one thing they never tell you in life is how much you will miss your child being an actual child! I mean, you think that the mid-life crisis is going to be your bald spot or a need to drive a convertible but the real trauma is watching your child become one of the savagely grown. Now it's real and they are in danger of the wolf at large and not only the one that plucks children from a pudding pie en route to grandmother's house. Anyway, this is my antidote and anecdote on the matter.

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