A glimpse into the life of a mother

Bec woke me up this morning at 2:30 a.m. letting me know that Shana, her friend, was having her baby and that I needed to come upstairs and sleep near the kids. (I was warned of this the night before) Half asleep, I trudged upstairs. I climbed into my sister's bed and eventually fell back to sleep. One hour later, I heard wimpering from the kids room. "Maybe it's nothing" I thought. The wimpering continued and I realized it was Allie, my 3 year old niece. I went into the room to help her. She instantly recognized me as NOT her mother and cried out for her mom. What could I do?
I tried to calm her with words of comfort, but nothing would substitute her mom's care so what did I do? I told her I'd call her mom and have her come home. When I texted Bec to notify her of the issue, I heard a cell phone ring come from the kitchen. Well, that was useless. It came to my last resort. I lied. "I called your mom and she'll be home soon", I said. That seemed to work. She then came into bed with me, but not without first making numerous requests for her blankets, unicorn and horsies (all of which turned out to be the "wrong" ones). She then had a preference of the side of the bed. I slept in the middle and as soon as I layed down, she asked for her unicorn. Then she was too hot. Finally, after a couple of hours of broken sleep, Bec came home. I immedietly went back to my bed and changed my alarm to wake me up two hours later.
A very small glimpse into the life of a mother. As for now, I'll pass. I just like being the aunt that plays with them.