Moonbeams for “Sweet Dreams”

The holidays are supposed to be the most exciting time of the year for kids. Enjoying family time and gatherings, decorating for Christmas and other holidays, decorating cookies, taking letters to Santa, and other family holiday traditions.

We often forget that there are many children who don’t get to enjoy the holidays like you and me. I learned about the Moonbeams for Sweet Dreams thru my mom who’s a Nurse at Beaumont and my ELA teacher Mrs. Hayes, which is a tradition that started in 2017 by Beaumont Nurses and Child Life Specialists at Beaumont Royal Oak. During the month of December, every night at 8 pm the community shines moonbeams (flashlights) at the pediatric patients, and the kids shine them back at everyone outside.

This is a great opportunity to spread holiday cheer, joy, and love to the kids who need it the most! This is such a creative way to remind them they are not alone, and the perfect way to tell them “sweet dreams.” This is how they came up with the name of this fairly newer tradition. I was able to attend this past week, and I am so thankful to have been a part of such a wonderful event.

There were so many people from the community supporting the kids, there were even fire trucks decorated with Christmas lights, and others showing off holiday cheer with signs, Christmas decorations, and so much more! I couldn’t imagine being on the other side of the glass, so I’m asking if you have an hour or two to spare one evening before Christmas, please consider spreading some holiday cheer and go shine those moonbeams and wish the sick kids in the hospital sweet dreams. Some of the most simple things can make such a difference.