Saturday, May 4, 2013

Missing Boy

I got home tonight after a record breaking day at work and found that Jack was not at home.  Nobody knew where he was.  I walked up the street looking for him, nothing.  I walked to the school and looked at the playgrounds, nothing.  I got in the car and drove up and down every street in the neighborhood west of our street, nothing.  I looked around the high school where a baseball game was happening, nothing.  I drove down our old street one block east of us and spotted his green razor scooter parked in front of our old house.  He had decided to go over to play without telling anyone where he was going.  We have a rule that we don't do that and apparently he forgot the rule.  That is enough to drive a father nuts.  As frustrating and as hard as the entire experience is to search and not find over and over, there is sweet relief when you do find your missing child.  Andy was in the car with me as we searched and was only interested in what punishment Jack was going to get.  I finally stopped his questioning and told him I really wasn't interested or worried about a punishment, I just wanted to find him.  Anyhow, there Jack was, playing in the backyard with the Barneys dogs and just enjoying himself without a care in the world.  We went home, he ate dinner and then he wanted to go to the school to play.  Sorry, we broke a rule and therefore we'll be staying at home.  He was mad when I told him no and he had a few thoughts he shared but I simply stood my ground, reviewed the rules and he understood and stopped fighting it.  That was nice to have him listen, accept and not have a melt down.  Hopefully he remembers the rule in the future and we don't have this problem again.     

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