That was very surreal.* I sit on the back porch.* There was some
   party here, about 35 ppl today.* I mostly avoided it 'cause it
   wasn't my party :P Anyway... it's quiet.* Dark. Almost everybody
   else is asleep. I hear a child's sob coming from far away.* Then
   it was quiet. Then I heard it again. I look out, and coming out
   of our dark barn about 100 feet away in the dark, dark woods, is
   my 3 yr old niece.* She had somehow wandered out looking for her
   mom (who was probably sleeping in a different room because we
   have company staying over). I've seen a lot of strange things
   come out of the nearly pitch black woods at 2am but never a 3 yr
   old girl. Anyway, I helped her inside, talked to her as we
   walked and she found her mother. Poor kid.* It's the kind of
   stuff that can give nightmares for years to come and even as an
   adult, there will probably be a lingering "lost, wandering in
   the dark" feeling and she'll probably never know where it came
   from. But I will remember.* I was here.