It's almost midnight in Nashville...

As I lay in bed in a hotel in Nashville unable to sleep i see it is nearly midnight.  A voice pops in my mind-no food or drink after midnight.  The nurse had told me absolutely none after 12.

Suddenly I remember 1995. Daddy had to have prostrate surgery.  I woke up to the sound of Daddy opening the refrigerator door in the kitchen.   Dad kept a cup of fresh water there.  Precisely at midnight daddy got up and took a sip of water. Then back to bed.  How precious he was.....