So today Palmer was wanting to play with a friend. In true Palmer fashion he bugged and bugged me about it starting at 7:30 am and kept right on going through the day. Finally when I thought our next door neighbor was back from school I let him go and see if he could play.
Lincoln, Hunter and I were watching Batman together and I realized I never checked to see if our neighbor's mom was home. I went and checked-she wasn't! I was kind of bugged with Palmer that he would go play when someones mom wasn't home. I went over and knocked on the door...nothing. I noticed that there were treats on the doorstep. There is no way that boys would leave treats on the doorstep. I ran back home and ran all over the house yelling for Palmer-went back next door and pounded on the door. I was so scared! Nobody was answering and Palmer had been gone for quite a while. I called Josh and he didn't answer...I was really starting to panic. I am not the person that you want to have with you in emergencies.
Right before I was about to call my entire neighborhood and then the police (my heart was seriously racing). I decided to run and check another neighbor a few houses down that Palmer has never been to.
I went up to the door-expecting it to be a dead end. The Mom invited me in. I said I can't stay-is Palmer here. She said yes! My heart jumped out of my chest I was so relieved. I was also so mad. I wanted to sit down and cry! I brought Palmer home and put him in his room. I was honestly shaking! More than anything I was so happy to have Palmer back safe and sound. It didn't do much for my neurotic tendencies.
9 comments:
oh my! That is so freaky!!!! I've had a similar experience with my daughter. It's scary. I'm so glad you found him!!!
I am so glad that you found Palmer! My Boys are out of school and I had to work today so they spent the day at my sister's house. You are so right, they would have never left treats sitting on the porch. That is the worst feeling when you don't know where your kids are.
That's good that you found him safe and sound...I hate that "heart-in-throat" feeling!
That is so scary! I lost Kaden once at my parents and it was the most horrible feeling.(he was hiding in the shed) It is a scary thought to not know where your kids are.
Oh man! My heart with have jumped out of my chest. Good thing you thought to look a couple houses down! I bet he will never do that again.
I hate that feeling! I sometimes forget to make sure TAggert gets to his friends safe & Lance gets after me for it but I'm glad you found him!
This situation happened to me with Megan this summer. I was really sick to my stomach because it was my fault for not following up on her. She now never goes anywhere but where she tells me.
Ah! I can relate! Kort is a total wanderer/escape artist. He has such a mind of his own. We'll say he can't go ask the neighbor kids to come over, then realize he's slipped out to go over there anyway! We have to keep our door dead-bolted at all times. I'm glad everything turned out okay!
I had this same experience but I did cry right in front of the neighbor. Then I yelled at her and then I hugged her and drug her home. hee hee hee!
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