Lost and found
Today is a day of ones. Give one smile to one person, one hug to one other. Say an encouraging word to one. Perform one charitable act for one person. One-on-one. It’s a way of life, but it will multiply many times over in your lifetime. For now, one is a great way to start! (By Ron Cooper)
I remember reading a blog a few months ago, it was Pennie's over at Mom's Thoughts one afternoon she could not find her son after school, he had taken a short cut home, and I remember thinking how awful that must have been, well now I know just how awful that was................. Last Friday my daughter went to a sports evening at the school, I dropped her off, and I didn't need to fetch her as she had arranged with her friend to pick her up with the evening was over, simple...... at about 9.30 I phoned to make sure that all was still organised as after the week I had, had I was exhausted and bed was calling my name loud and clear................ KAREN COME TO ME, KAREN WHERE ARE YOU, I NEED YOU...................
as all was still on track, off I went to bed, just as the sand man was filling my head with thoughts of love........mmmmmmm........... my cell phone singing to me somewhere in the back of my head was an unwelcome rude awakening, as I dragged myself back to reality, it was Kayla asking if I could fetch her, I asked what happened to the friend, and she tells me, OH she forgot her friend was fetching her............... alarm bells began ringing and being a Mom I just had a weird feeling so phoned her back and I could hear she was a bit panicked, so asked must I fetch her, and her hurried YES told me she was stressing so I jumped in the car, pyjama's and all.......... not a pretty sight and off I went to the place I had dropped her off................... which has always been the rule, that I pick up in the same place I drop off, which just happened to be a one way street, in the rush to get there, I made mistake number one I forgot my cell phone at home, and after driving up and down the street for 10 minutes, was people and cars everywhere she was nowhere to be found.................. okay I am not going to panic yet, I sped home as fast as grease lightning............
I flew home to fetch the cell phone.............. and on reaching her on her phone she asked where I was she was waiting , Luckily we live minutes away and as I got close I was surprised at how everyone had left so quickly, there was a few people standing around a couple of policemen, but no Kayla............. panic is now setting in, I have to park the car............. picture the sceen pyjama's............ no make up........... bed hair...............
panic attack................. no one had seen her................. by now hysteria is setting in............... so I decided to drive around the school to see if i could see her................ on the other side of the school it was in darkness and there was no one except there by a tree, Kayla all alone........... crying her eyes out................ as usual my first hysteria reaction is to yell, scream, shout, explanations come later.....................
What had happened was she had come out of the wrong gate, and they would not let her back into the school, she had no air time and could not phone me, and was to afraid............ thankfully......... to walk around to where I would be.
We both learnt a lot of lessons, never forget your cell phone, always make sure you have airtime, I will always drop off and pick up to any event, I really need to learn not to panic, and she really needs to be much more responsible, if she wants to be treated like an adult , it is time for me to let go, and stop the "smothering".
I AM WHO I AM
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Oh dear. I felt panic just reading this. I cannot imagine the fears going through your head. At least she was smart to stay put - even if she was all alone and scared. Glad all was well in the end. :)
ReplyDeleteI loved the "one" message at the top. So true. One tiny act of kindness given can turn the world on its axis. :)
Oh, how scary that must have been! A parent's worst nightmare! I'm so glad everything worked out okay.
ReplyDeleteHope you have a great week! :)
My heart was racing reading this! I'm glad she's OK and I'm glad you are too. How do we survive parenthood with out losing our hair as well as our minds? Hope your week is a good one Karen!
ReplyDeleteOh God! this was a scary incident... but thank God things just went for the good.
ReplyDeleteI don't remember any such incident involving myself but once we lost my sister. We were at a school fair and I was in my third grade or something and my sister was even littler. She is two years younger to me. My dad and i, we were looking at the things displayed at the various counters and i knew my sister was walking just beside me... because we were walking in a single horizontal file... so i just knew she was there, I could see her through the corner of my eyes.... but then in another minute, she was not there. Gone. We could not find her at all, it was evening and dark. My dad asked me to stand at the place and he went searching for her... not that i liked my sister back then but i felt so troubled, i did not want to lose her like this... it was then that someone started announcing that they had found a little girl. Hurried I told my dad and we went to the announcer... and there she was, poor creature, crying her heart out... we just grabbed her. And I held her hand so tightly for the whole evening. that was the scariest event of missing people in my life... so far... and let it be the last.
Honey you got my heart beat racing this morning for sure. Girl I was scared the whole time I was reading this.
ReplyDeleteThank God you found her but what a horrible nightmare for the two of you.
Nothing worse than not knowing where your child is and my heart goes out to you for going through this.
The main thing is you two did learn some great lessons here which could save a life one day.
Now I need to slow my heart down. haha
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Maggie
Oh how frightening! I'm glad she was ok!
ReplyDeleteI lost my 4 year old at a Renaissance fair 6 years ago and felt like you! Only she didn't have a cell phone then. She does now!
This is a BIG worry of mine. So much so that my 7 year old will probably be 35 before I let him out of my sight.
ReplyDeleteGlad all is well. :)
that made my heart race...so happy everything turned out good....
ReplyDeleteI read your story. I am glad she was ok. Communication is so important & good tips on keeping your cell phone charged!
ReplyDeleteahhh...so it is hot in South Africa! I was wondering if there was anyone who really likes winter...we have gotten a lot of snow in the North East...so warmer weather would be nice. I hear ya on the hormones!
Thanks for stopping by today. I can't even imagine your panic, I would've been just as paniced. That's too scarey, thank goodness you found her and all ended well though!
ReplyDeleteThe same thing has happened to me a few times. It's the worst possible feeling. Once my daughter got locked out of the school and didn't know enough to cross over to a grocery store and wait inside. Fortunately, she didn't freeze before I arrived. That was back before cell phones.
ReplyDeleteWow!1 you know how to write a thriller!! My heart was racing and I was hung over the computer keyboard, breathing harder trying to read faster!!! Being a mom is hard sometimes. I've had feeling like this too...one lOONNGGG story about my son's not calling when they wnet to a movie...first showing sold out so they wnet to a later one and didn 't call the FIRST time they were out driving ALONE! Panic! -before the days of cell phones! They are a marvelous connector!
ReplyDeleteGlad it all turned otu OK!!! Phew! Gotta wipe the keyboard from all the moisture!
You know I know how you felt! Parents die a thousand deaths, I think...it's amazing our children make it to adulthood...that they survive their own irresponsibility and that we don't strangle them for their irresponsbility! (just kidding...of course...) But, we sure can tell God is watching out for them sometimes...and I'm glad we don't have to relive some of those moments! I'm glad she was okay. Let's hope it never happens again. (Same with Aaron and I - I never want to lose him again, either...)
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad that there was a happy ending to this story. So much can happen in a few minutes. It's very scary now unlike when I was young and people could be trusted for the most part. JB
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