So the school calls me to ask if Zach is home sick...panic sets in...

by FreedomFrog 23 Replies latest jw friends

  • FreedomFrog
    FreedomFrog

    I sent him off to school this morning and I didn't walk all the way down where I normally do because he's 8 and gets a tad embarrassed that his mom still walks down with him. So for the most part, I sit on my steps at my appartment trying to listen if I hear him scream. Well, I just watched "Without a Trace" were a child missed her bus and she was kidnapped and at the end of the story they found her dead.

    The school calls me asking if Zach was home from school sick...trying not to panic I say "no, he was suppose to have been there, I sent him this morning". They said "hmmm, I wonder why Mrs. Daily counted him absent". She puts me on hold. Ok, I haven't freaked out just yet, but there for a brief moment the images of that show Without a Trace was coming back to mind which made my mind start down the panic mode. That 5 mins felt like a half hour. Even though I didn't panic, the questions kept forcing in my head "what if she comes back and tells me he's not there?" Pictures flashed in my head that he was down at the bus stop all beat up or tied up somewhere. I had to hit my head to make those images go away....

    Maybe I should stop watching Without a Trace for a while...

    Froggy

  • restrangled
    restrangled

    What a phone call! I'm glad your son is ok and accounted for! Hope your day goes better.

    r.

  • mama1119
    mama1119

    UMMM, I am assuming he was there???

  • FreedomFrog
    FreedomFrog

    I guess my story was a cliff hanger... hehehe...opps, sorry.

    Yes, he was there. The teacher meant to check the child above Zach as absent, not him...

    I think it's amazing what the imagination can do if you don't keep it under control. I basically had a whole story played out in my head as to what happened even though it wasn't true.

  • Effervescent
    Effervescent

    I'm assuming all is well now? Don't leave us hanging cause now *I'm* worried about him!!!

    You're not alone in the worry wart department. If there is even a little tiny bit of wiggle room for panic to creep in my head it probably will. It's so bad that when my two year old sleeps in a little longer than usual in the morning, I have to keep checking on her to make sure she's still breathing.

    Ok... so some of us Moms are a little neurotic!

  • Effervescent
    Effervescent

    Ooops, was typing when you responded! Glad to hear he was ok!

  • LongHairGal
    LongHairGal

    You better walk your kid to school all the way from now on. Never mind that he feels like a baby!

    As long as he is small enough to be grabbed by somebody (little kid size) you should be with him if you can.


    LHG

  • FreedomFrog
    FreedomFrog
    It's so bad that when my two year old sleeps in a little longer than usual in the morning, I have to keep checking on her to make sure she's still breathing.

    Ok... so some of us Moms are a little neurotic!

    LOL, I do the SAME thing when my two year old sleeps longer than normal. It's hard when they get to the age of wanting more freedom... Zach is getting older and he goes out to play with the other kids after school. I'm constantly worrying that something will happen when he's out but I do have to let go and just hope. We do have a time set for him to "check-in" just to say hi then he can go back out to play. Every hour he has to come in and let me know he's ok.

    There for a while he wouldn't go out and play and I worried he wasn't getting around other kids enough. I worried he was going to be a loner...but lately (like this whole past week) he's been playing with the neighbor kids (about 8 of them) from 4-7:30pm. I'm happpy he's developing friends but at the same time it's hard for me to get use to it.

  • Effervescent
    Effervescent

    One thing we did before we moved out to the sticks and my older girls wanted to play with neighbor kids was buy them walkie talkies. They weren't allowed out of range anyways, so anytime I wanted to I could check in to see exactly where they were and with whom.

    I hear ya though, its soooo hard to not coddle your babies forever!

  • Lady Liberty
    Lady Liberty

    Oh nmy goodness how scarey!! There are SO many creeps out there just waiting for an opportunity. Maybe your son should watch one of those types of shows (minus the gore of course) to scare him enough so he won't complain if you walk him to school. You almost have to scare them a little to keep them safe. It is sad, but I'd rather have them a little scared then not afraid of anyone.

    SIncerely,

    Lady Liberty

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